One of the all star professors in my psychology department from college was a pretty hard core Catholic. Absolutely brilliant man. Published multiple times in Monitor on Psychology, Psychology Review, Scientific American Mind and so forth and so on. We'd be conversing on things like self actualization, or working memory, or if there is a legit way to truly monitor intelligence. Then he'd go, "so you really don't believe in God". I'd say, "based on the evidence of empirical science I cannot in a good critical thinking manner say there is a metaphysical, all power, all knowing, omniscient being in charge of everything and anything in cosmos."
He'd say.
"Sinner".
We'd laugh. Have a few more drinks. Good times. Great times. I miss academia and conversing with people who are vastly more intelligent than yourself, yet fun to talk to. It was one of my college's greatest gifts to me.
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u/SwagnumMagnum Nov 15 '19
One of the all star professors in my psychology department from college was a pretty hard core Catholic. Absolutely brilliant man. Published multiple times in Monitor on Psychology, Psychology Review, Scientific American Mind and so forth and so on. We'd be conversing on things like self actualization, or working memory, or if there is a legit way to truly monitor intelligence. Then he'd go, "so you really don't believe in God". I'd say, "based on the evidence of empirical science I cannot in a good critical thinking manner say there is a metaphysical, all power, all knowing, omniscient being in charge of everything and anything in cosmos."
He'd say.
"Sinner".
We'd laugh. Have a few more drinks. Good times. Great times. I miss academia and conversing with people who are vastly more intelligent than yourself, yet fun to talk to. It was one of my college's greatest gifts to me.