Reply #65: Different topic entirely

[Az]

You are discussing personality traits vs institution methodologies. Everyone has beliefs. The most ardent skeptic is a virtual font of beliefs. How an individual deals with challenges to their beliefs is an individual trait. Some do so badly while others take it in stride and even can learn from it.

To the issue of ideologies though Dogmatic approaches cannot discern when they go awry and in theory scientific/skeptical approaches do everything they can to discern if they have gone awry. Many people enbody and fuse together both systems. Again it depends on the individual.

It sounds to me as if you are trying to lump people into categories and not wishing to deal with them as individuals. Not really an effective way to start a journey. Perhaps its best to rid yourself of the labels and find out who the people talking to you are first.

As to Homer. Are you saying you were tossed out of school for denying his existance? I never heard of such a thing. It is true that various historical and scientific institutions can ossify and personalities can take hold rather than reason. But this is why they play out over time. Time eventually rids us of personality conflicts and leaves behind the theories unvarnished by personal charisma and force. If the theories do not stand on their own in time someone will tear them down. This is the nature of scientific revolution.