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>> He eventually got bored. He retired and joined a seminary. Wow, got bored and joined a seminary - Do you know how does he feel there? A genuine question - D
by ranit 3mo ago
>> He eventually got bored. He retired and joined a seminary.
Wow, got bored and joined a seminary - Do you know how does he feel there? A genuine question - Did he expect to get excited and challenged in a seminary?
- analog8374 3mo agoIf a smart guy joins a seminary then joining a seminary is probably smart.
- left-struck 3mo agoI think a better way to think about it is that humans in general just make so many mistakes and imperfect judgements. Smart people just do them slightly less. Smart people also typically have biases as well which affects their judgement, their basis are just more complicated than normal people. Like obviously being smart is an advantage for any decision, but saying if someone smart does something it must be smart makes no sense in a world where smart people usually can’t agree on what is right.
- cindyllm 3mo ago[dead]
- analog8374 3mo agoit's a pretty good guess that when a smart person does something like this, it's something he considered long and hard and applied his full smartness to, and therefore it is probably the smart move. Right? Let's not split hairs.
- eru 3mo agoCompare and contrast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski
- kleiba2 3mo agoI don't get it, is the point you're trying to make that Ted Kaczynski wasn't smart?!
- RugnirViking 3mo agowell, they are known for being places to discuss theology all day. Theology isnt that far from philosophy, it's certainly interesting enough to talk about
- z0ltan 3mo ago[dead]
- aj_hackman 3mo ago"The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass, God is waiting for you."
- ranit 3mo agoA good quote. I didn’t mean the question as “atheist vs believer argument”, but rather as an environment where ideas are accepted and flourish. Because I understood the parent comment: “He eventually got bored.” as "He got bored by the corporate environment not getting his ideas and thus went to a better organization in that regard." So now, how was he, the one with brilliant and unorthodox ideas, got accepted in an institution like seminary? How he felt having arguments there, etc. …
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