Purging Delusion

I invite you to consider that there are certainly concepts and beliefs in the minds of us all that are erroneous. To conclude otherwise requires one to hold that he or she already knows everything there is to know and knows it perfectly. There are words for this kind of thinking such as: insane, irrational, god-complex, delusional, arrogant and psychotic.

Realizing that we do not and cannot know everything without error does not mean we should not take all reasonable action to reduce the amount of error we hold. Often this means exposing ourselves to information of which we were previously unaware. Until Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek in the 1660's discovered a new process for creating lenses, the world of micro-organisms remained hidden to us. With his new much more powerful lenses what humans were able to become aware of and know was dramatically expanded. I invite you to expand what you know by taking some time to explore richarddawkins.net. (You may have to manually input this link.) Accept that it will take time to digest what you find there and no doubt many of you will experience some mild if not severe indigestion in the process. Don't be deterred by this. Like building muscle by pumping iron, expansion often comes with a little pain. And as always, any comments on what you find, think and feel because of what you come across in my bloggings is greatly anticipated and appreciated.