(Pardon me, however, if I’m a bit skeptical about there not being a “general principle” involved here—Odifreddi’s “credo” may not be all that witty—and perhaps that’s partly my fault, since the above was my translation—but it would still deserve a place in this thread, were it not for aversions to “imitating” religion, and to reverential or emotional-sounding language in general. After all, since when do rationality quotes have to be witty or clever?)
Okay, looking back, I think that’s a fair point. I meant something more like: Modifying religious hymns/creeds to express a rationalist view looks cliche (or a more apt term I can’t think of) to me, so I hold them to a higher standard. And anyone can do a word swapout. So, in a sense, there is a general principle involved that I believe cuts against that kind of quote.
Rationality quotes do have to be witty or clever in the sense that they have to do a bit more than just state a rationalist tenet. It wouldn’t be appropriate to post a quote as simple as, “You should update your beliefs on evidence.”
Very well; deleted accordingly.
(Pardon me, however, if I’m a bit skeptical about there not being a “general principle” involved here—Odifreddi’s “credo” may not be all that witty—and perhaps that’s partly my fault, since the above was my translation—but it would still deserve a place in this thread, were it not for aversions to “imitating” religion, and to reverential or emotional-sounding language in general. After all, since when do rationality quotes have to be witty or clever?)
Okay, looking back, I think that’s a fair point. I meant something more like: Modifying religious hymns/creeds to express a rationalist view looks cliche (or a more apt term I can’t think of) to me, so I hold them to a higher standard. And anyone can do a word swapout. So, in a sense, there is a general principle involved that I believe cuts against that kind of quote.
Rationality quotes do have to be witty or clever in the sense that they have to do a bit more than just state a rationalist tenet. It wouldn’t be appropriate to post a quote as simple as, “You should update your beliefs on evidence.”