The person with [great] dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts - Einstein. Discuss.

[Gottservant]

Hi there,

So there is a parallel of this truth in scripture, I'm not sure which would be said to be the more beautiful. Compare:

The person with dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

He that is within me, is greater than he that is in the world.

The point being, that there are degrees of greatness, with anything. Just knowing the facts is not enough, neither is planting your feet firmly on the world. I have tried to establish which dream Evolution goes by, as I continue to try to understand Creation better - both of these efforts are grounded in trying to dream greatly, without neglecting fact. Neglecting fact, helps almost no one. Again, there is a truism in the faith for this also - "being so heavenly minded, that you are of no earthly good". The further point being that we must learn to navigate the degrees of greatness, not merely be subject to them.

I wonder what you think of this?

Are your dreams great enough? Do you know how to ground them in fact?

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[SelfSim]

What is your proposed measure of 'greatness' and 'power'?

 

[Gottservant]

What is your proposed measure of 'greatness' and 'power'?

Greatness is humility.

Power is truth.

??

 

[SelfSim]

Creativity and imagination supplement facts to enable humans to form testable hypotheses, the outcomes of which, then further our knowledge of how to survive in the physical environment.

Without our creativity and imagination, our reality would be quite sterile.

Without knowledge of reality, our physical environment would consume us.

In the above case, 'He' is 'Me'. Its us humans doing it all. There's no-one else residing in my brain other than Me.

 

[Gottservant]

Creativity and imagination supplement facts to enable humans to form testable hypotheses, the outcomes of which, then further our knowledge of how to survive in the physical environment.

Without our creativity and imagination, our reality would be quite sterile.

Without knowledge of reality, our physical environment would consume us.

In the above case, 'He' is 'Me'. Its us humans doing it all. There's no-one else residing in my brain other than Me.

I am happy you have your own: opinion.

I would go further than sterile, though - I think we would die spiritually.

But you are too afraid of our physical environment?

Let's us struggle, yes, but let us struggle to give each other freedom!