Let's talk about Jonathan Swift and reasoning with people....
Belle of the Ranch
Belle of the Ranch
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🗓️ 27 September 2021
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| 0:21.0 | Well, howdy there, Internet Lidsboo again so today we are going to talk |
| 0:26.4 | about Jonathan Swift and reason we're going to do this because there's a |
| 0:31.8 | quote of his that is very popular right now because it suits the times and it |
| 0:38.8 | allows people a |
| 0:42.0 | Shield and we're going to talk about that because somebody sent me a message saying, |
| 0:46.2 | hey I see a lot of Jonathan Swift in your work. I'm just wondering how you can |
| 0:52.0 | justify ignoring his number one rule, which is it is useless |
| 0:57.4 | to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. |
| 1:01.6 | Meaning that if somebody is believing something without reason, |
| 1:06.1 | they didn't put any thought to it to begin with, they didn't apply logic in the beginning, |
| 1:10.7 | you can't get them out of it with reason and logic. Okay so how do I |
| 1:17.0 | justify not going by this rule? It's wrong. That's simple. I don't I don't believe that. I don't believe it's true. |
| 1:28.0 | He was he engaged in a lot of biting humor and this was probably more of a statement that |
| 1:39.3 | indicated that he believed that fiction can get to truth, which is something I believe. |
| 1:45.1 | But the idea that reason in facts can't counteract blind belief, well that's just not true. In fact, I'm fairly certain there are a lot of things you may believe as a kid that you don't believe now because you applied reason to them. |
| 2:00.0 | I think that this is a popular quote right now because it is so hard to reason with |
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