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> Any use by ideological groups twists the purpose of the phrase on its head. The quote encourages thinking and consideration. You'd have to turn off your brain for this to have the opposite effect.

Well, it would not be too surprising that it can be used to, for example, make people think that they can trust science and also believe in some almighty, unexplainable by science divine entity.



Thoughts like this miss the purpose and significance of the maxim being discussed. Science doesn't disprove an "almighty, unexplainable divine entity" any more than an "almighty, unexplainable divine entity" could also provide science as a means to understand the nature of things.

Careful you don't fall into the trap of indoctrination. :)


You can trust science, but science doesn't cover all of reality.

My imaginary friend does, buy my magic book.




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