Mole
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If we relied on personal testimony, we would not have quantum mechanics.
And quantum mechanics is the most accurate scientific fact we have.
Why is this?
It is because quantum mechanics is based on statistics and statistics says that personal testimony is anecdotal and of no truth value.
And yet personal testimony is the golden thread that runs not only through mbti but through protestantism and literacy.
In the USA personal testimony is taken for granted in protestant churches on television and in mbti.
Why is this?
In 1440 the printing press was invented and the very first book we printed was the bible. Until then the bible was read aloud and interpreted for the faithful. But after printing the bible could be read and interpreted by the individual reader. So the authority moved from the institutional church to the individual, and so to personal testimony.
But today authority has moved from personal testimony to statistics.
And yet most of the USA still believe fervently in personal testimony as their final authority, and yet we know they are wrong and we know why they are wrong.
Why is this?
The first reason is that very few are prepared to study statistics, a branch of mathematics. The second reason is that personal testimony plays into our narcissism - we only have to watch a TV ad to know, "we deserve it".
And quantum mechanics is the most accurate scientific fact we have.
Why is this?
It is because quantum mechanics is based on statistics and statistics says that personal testimony is anecdotal and of no truth value.
And yet personal testimony is the golden thread that runs not only through mbti but through protestantism and literacy.
In the USA personal testimony is taken for granted in protestant churches on television and in mbti.
Why is this?
In 1440 the printing press was invented and the very first book we printed was the bible. Until then the bible was read aloud and interpreted for the faithful. But after printing the bible could be read and interpreted by the individual reader. So the authority moved from the institutional church to the individual, and so to personal testimony.
But today authority has moved from personal testimony to statistics.
And yet most of the USA still believe fervently in personal testimony as their final authority, and yet we know they are wrong and we know why they are wrong.
Why is this?
The first reason is that very few are prepared to study statistics, a branch of mathematics. The second reason is that personal testimony plays into our narcissism - we only have to watch a TV ad to know, "we deserve it".