David Bailey
Member
I think a lot of people like to feel that they understand reality at some level of detail - whether it be a rough outline or a detailed technical understanding. Getting into this stuff makes you feel all the balls are up in the air!What is it about the materialist world view that offers people comfort? Apart from a few people making money selling books and doing the lecture circuit, the only advantage to being a materialist polemicist is gaining tenure in a university science department. The rest is mostly downside. Are there really so many geeks whose only status is keeping on message with their peers and scorning the dupes? I genuinely don't see any sacrifice in being open minded to inexplicable phenomenon. Nothing that would raise my blood pressure in the way these guys get riled by conflicting evidence. I think I'm missing something.
David