Let's Work the Problem

I like his confidence, that working the problem will certainly result in better outcomes than guessing. A rationalist who does not depend on a higher power to direct his decisions, but who may concede, observe, realize and accept that he lacks the data or the skills or tools to interpret data and these decisions he leaves to his god. But not before thoroughly assessing the limits of his power. Guessing before guessing is necessary makes things worse. The skills, tools and experience are the accumulated wisdom of earlier experts in his field. Yet each generation of communicants must examine the assumptions from which the mathematics, logic, science or law was derived. Rebuild the proofs from the simplest truths, laws, physics. Taking God's first and only words and extrapolating correctly, getting the trajectory right for successful take off and re-entry. And then to explain the derivations to your students. Until they too can care for the species and the planet, making whole sentences, formulas and melodies from few words, numbers, notes.