tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post3276969421533592976..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: “I feel like [the arc of history] bends toward chaos"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-3293402179935471132015-07-24T16:57:04.058-05:002015-07-24T16:57:04.058-05:00"A view that history moves inevitably towards..."A view that history moves inevitably towards chaos is to give up the alternative to the worst of the status quo, there is no reason to even try."<br /><br />I don't think he's suggesting there's no reason to try.<br /><br />But the universe does tend toward entropy...ntoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01068160577299501895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-53580070083963551982015-07-24T16:05:39.420-05:002015-07-24T16:05:39.420-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-9932987861808938492015-07-24T16:05:24.514-05:002015-07-24T16:05:24.514-05:00Ironic that he was the MLK visiting professor at M...Ironic that he was the MLK visiting professor at MIT given that statement. <br /><br />I'm ever more convinced that belief is a result of a choice and not something that is compelled by evidence mounting, reaching a critical mass and automatically causing belief. I think that's why T-Nehisi Coates believes what he does, in the face of everything that points to other possibilities. It is in keeping with the current culture of atheism among the intelligentsia, the reason that part of humanity has turned away from the work of changing things. A view that history moves inevitably towards chaos is to give up the alternative to the worst of the status quo, there is no reason to even try. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com