Bah
So not being 'open-minded' has bitten me in the rear again.
Had a date scheduled for tomorrow. Girl tells me she did acupuncture today. Inquired as to my opinion on acupuncture. Gave my opinion on acupuncture (ie clinical trials have shown that there is no evidence for the efficacy of acupuncture). She then inquired about my opinions on Feng Shui, Tarot, Destiny, Astrology, Karma, Reflexology and Reiki (which, for those of you who don't know, is magic healing by touch).
"nonsense" was not received well. I am not "open-minded" apparently.
Not in the sense that she meant, no, I'm *definitely* not a freaking moron who just lets any old random idea enter my brain. Evidence!
(and again, flashing back to 2005 (and 2006) makes me very sad about Brian-in-the-past, cause he uncritically accepted all that crap, and didn't make any attempt to verify the truth of them at all)
And if anyone wants to go the 'that just a Western-bias against non-analytic stuff' route: please don't. It'll make me sad, because it means you really just don't understand (and probably haven't tried to) what these things are saying about the world, and why it can be said with a high degree of certainty that they are just simply wrong.
(and I know that I've posted this before)
Had a date scheduled for tomorrow. Girl tells me she did acupuncture today. Inquired as to my opinion on acupuncture. Gave my opinion on acupuncture (ie clinical trials have shown that there is no evidence for the efficacy of acupuncture). She then inquired about my opinions on Feng Shui, Tarot, Destiny, Astrology, Karma, Reflexology and Reiki (which, for those of you who don't know, is magic healing by touch).
"nonsense" was not received well. I am not "open-minded" apparently.
Click to viewNot in the sense that she meant, no, I'm *definitely* not a freaking moron who just lets any old random idea enter my brain. Evidence!
(and again, flashing back to 2005 (and 2006) makes me very sad about Brian-in-the-past, cause he uncritically accepted all that crap, and didn't make any attempt to verify the truth of them at all)
And if anyone wants to go the 'that just a Western-bias against non-analytic stuff' route: please don't. It'll make me sad, because it means you really just don't understand (and probably haven't tried to) what these things are saying about the world, and why it can be said with a high degree of certainty that they are just simply wrong.
(and I know that I've posted this before)