Nice post. Working up from the basics is always important. For an analogy to math, I’m always surprised how many people who do highfalutin things with partial differential equations and systems of nonlinear equations can make basic mistakes in their reasoning because they consider themselves beyond set theory or even topology. Rationality is one of those domains where I find it’s best to work up from first principles whenever possible, accepting shortcuts only as practical necessities.
For an additional fallacy, we can also note that the quote gives India motive. To the best of my knowledge the government of India, at least in its modern form, has not peddled its nation in any official capacity as a source of great spiritual knowledge. Mote tot he point, the quote means to say that India is a nation claimed by people who present themselves as spiritually knowledgeable to be a source of spiritual knowledge, but of course that knocks even more wind out of this quote’s sails, hence why such phrasing was probably not even considered.
Nice post. Working up from the basics is always important. For an analogy to math, I’m always surprised how many people who do highfalutin things with partial differential equations and systems of nonlinear equations can make basic mistakes in their reasoning because they consider themselves beyond set theory or even topology. Rationality is one of those domains where I find it’s best to work up from first principles whenever possible, accepting shortcuts only as practical necessities.
For an additional fallacy, we can also note that the quote gives India motive. To the best of my knowledge the government of India, at least in its modern form, has not peddled its nation in any official capacity as a source of great spiritual knowledge. Mote tot he point, the quote means to say that India is a nation claimed by people who present themselves as spiritually knowledgeable to be a source of spiritual knowledge, but of course that knocks even more wind out of this quote’s sails, hence why such phrasing was probably not even considered.