Quote: Leevil @ July 21 2009, 4:16 AM BSTIsn't that putting faith into someone else's hands?
And what is wrong with that? All it takes is acceptance that there are people who know more than I do. They've given me no reason to doubt them and, to an extent, I am able to verify much of what they say using my own knowledge of science and plain old common sense.
How do you know that the driver of the bus you're riding in is competent? What if he's a crazy psychopath like in the movies? What if he's a blind man who just stole a bus? Do you check his credentials, perform a background check and quiz him on the operation of a motor vehicle before you hop on?
Our brains perform thousands of calculations and weigh the risks and benefits of even the most mundane action before we act; we're not even aware of the process. But when you step on the bus you've already decided that it *is* a bus, it appears to be capable of safe operation, the driver appears to be in control of his faculties and nothing seems to be amiss.
As individuals we don't need to know *everything* but we do a pretty good job of assessing the situations that confront us. I'll even go as far as to say the conspiracy theorists are the real anomalies because they willfully ignore what common sense, logic and and experience are telling them and instead create grandiose and complicated scenarios in their place.
