Thursday, January 15, 2009

Folk Theories of Life.

The original article was "Folk Theories Of Guru-Based Spirituality" which served as a takedown of various spiritual beliefs, but the call for people in the comments to come up with their own faulty "folk theories" that are perpetuated in the modern day resulted in some awesomeness.

Folk Theories Of Guru-Based Spirituality - Boing Boing:
"...The folk theory that family members have an inherent connection and responsibility to each other.

The folk theory that having killed someone deeply transforms the killer.

The folk theory that truthfulness is a virtue.

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The folk theory that sensory perception provides an accurate awareness of objective reality.
The folk theory that the concept objective reality is meaningful.
The folk theory that The Truth exists.
The folk belief that Meaning exists.

The folk theory that other people know what's best for you.
The folk theory that you know what's best for other people.
The folk theory that religion can solve all of your problems.
The folk belief that science can solve all of your problems.

The folk belief that human intelligence is inherantly superior to that of any other form of intelligence that we may happen to run accross, unless it's virtually identical to our own, but bigger."

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