Much worse is that she wasn’t just some dyed in the wool hippie, but a fairly well known microbiologist. So she had at least a passing acquaintance with the scientific method.
Scientific rigor in one aspect of life does not preclude magical thinking in another. Sadly.
Healthy skepticism is a lifestyle.
She’s always been a believer in magical nonsense. My dad is a hardcore Catholic… to the point where he had to make sure there was a church nearby when he want on vacations around the world, which they did quite frequently. My mother is an irreligious Jew who believes in ANY kind of woo based bullshit she stumbles across. Astrology, psychic healing, seeing auras, channeling. All of the major bullshit that came to prominence in the new age movement (thanks Ms Blavatsky).
As such, I believe in nothing of the metaphysical nor spiritual. It’s all copium against the glory of our universe that cares nothing for our existence.
Astrology, psychic healing, seeing auras, channeling. All of the major bullshit that came to prominence in the new age movement (thanks Ms Blavatsky).
Maybe it’s a societal difference, but genuinely the women I know in STEM fields would perhaps do something like that as a funny bit of entertainment, but never to the level of denying surgery from a child.
dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It certainly was.
Much worse is that she wasn’t just some dyed in the wool hippie, but a fairly well known microbiologist. So she had at least a passing acquaintance with the scientific method.
At least she got me vaccinated.
Dasus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Holy shit I’m worried for (what I assume are American) scientific circles.
Idk why she’d forgo the actual medical treatments. Did she consider them risky or what?
dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Scientific rigor in one aspect of life does not preclude magical thinking in another. Sadly.
Healthy skepticism is a lifestyle.
She’s always been a believer in magical nonsense. My dad is a hardcore Catholic… to the point where he had to make sure there was a church nearby when he want on vacations around the world, which they did quite frequently. My mother is an irreligious Jew who believes in ANY kind of woo based bullshit she stumbles across. Astrology, psychic healing, seeing auras, channeling. All of the major bullshit that came to prominence in the new age movement (thanks Ms Blavatsky).
As such, I believe in nothing of the metaphysical nor spiritual. It’s all copium against the glory of our universe that cares nothing for our existence.
Dasus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Maybe it’s a societal difference, but genuinely the women I know in STEM fields would perhaps do something like that as a funny bit of entertainment, but never to the level of denying surgery from a child.