Comments on: Trial, error and the God complex (video)

By: Chris Redmond

Chris Redmond — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:09:44 +0000

Sadly we live in a world where only assertive individuals who are certain of their beliefs can gain political office or raise themselves above their peers, and this is all to do with human nature.
It is also about trial and error, rejection and selection, as we have seen candid, intelligent politicians bite the dirt whilst self-promoting BS’ers have flourished, because the BS’ers have learned exactly what to say and how to say it, to the point where they mimic the body language and phrasing of other successful politicians.
Sure, they are transparent to many of us, but they only have to fool most of the people all of the time to further their cause, so I’m afraid Tim Harford will never see his idea of a good politician in any position of real power, which is a shame.

By: alan

alan — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:20:40 +0000

The God Complex:
If god exists, that entity must have created questions. Some of those questions relate to said entity’s veracity. A god that is prepared to have it’s infallibility questioned. Humans that are not.
Now, where do you think irony originates from?

http://youtu.be/eT9xJW_F2_c

By: Berber Anna

Berber Anna — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:45:41 +0000

Laura: Here’s a link: http://www.sandgrains.com/Sand-Grains-Gallery.html
Look at those, and then tell me again that sand has no complexity.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:52:03 +0000

This definition of “complexity” leaves a great deal to be desired. There are more grains of sand on a beach than all the products in the world, yet no one would confuse the sand on a beach with complexity, no matter how long it takes to count all the individual grains. Counting items is “simply” tedious and unnecessary. This argument does not support the conclusion that anyone acting with some degree of certainty has a “God complex.” I do wish he had made a better argument, as I accept the idea that the world is more complex than we can apprehend in any objectively meaningful way. Our apprehension of the word is subjective and incomplete, but it does not follow that we are all completely deluded. Rather, we simply operate with less than perfect total information.

By: David

David — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:41:11 +0000

Im to quick for you I watched it already

By: roz

roz — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:20:32 +0000

a variation of the god complex is a.e. van vogt’s concept of “the right man”, someone who can never admit he’s wrong. (this also applies to women; but sci-fi was pretty sexist those days.) it’s the root of all kinds of evyl, including domestic violence & wars. for more information on this concept, see: http://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2004/10/right-man-and-fear-of-losing-face.html

the challenging of beliefs is the reason why i like to discuss religion with people of other religions. more of us should do that.