Past, Present and Future

[kandrathe]

But one can infer that from what you do say. Indeed, even more than that, for you espouse concepts when all reliable evidence points to their falsehood.

Not really. I reject the notion that things not proven true are automatically false. I reject that idea of black and white thinking.

In the circles I've usually frequented, what you have is often referred to as a broken BS detector.

Actually, my BS detector works. I just use it as one tool in my kit. I also like to use my intuition, and my powers of creativity. Logic is one powerful tool, but it is not the only tool.

That may not be all bad, there may have been cases where actual verifiable theories came from outside the mainstream fields of study, although I cannot think of any such cases offhand. But if many competent people waste their time pursuing crackpot theories, then it is a double loss, for their potential contribution to something useful is lost too.

What I see is rather 100's of sheep all following the 1st sheep who chased down the same path, who all waste their lives bleating the same tired anthem. Each one entirely fearful of straying too far from the sacred theories, or risk being branded a heretic (e.g. in the case of Galileo, actually).

One thing I know about myself is that I am not a mathematical(ordered) thinker, at least not in the traditional sense I have of them as working out the proofs in a rigorous sequential manner. I have flashes of insight, and I work a problem in any manner of chaotic ways in which I can get progress, and then I sew them together with one final elegant solution. Once completed, then yes, I can regurgitate it back like a mathematician. Generally, as a problem solver, I'm much quicker than my peers, but my methods are much uglier, although the results are of the same or higher quality. In my world there are those like me, and the ordered thinkers. The open minded ones appreciate results, and ignore methods.