[quote]koffea wrote:
just because you have learned to manipulate the dials on your radio, does not invalidate or disprove the creator of the radio[/quote]
The counterpoint being that when you tune your radio to a certain frequency, and sometimes hear what you imagine to be the voice of Zargon, Emperor of Alpha Centauri, speaking within the static, it does not necessarily prove conclusively that Zargon exists.
The more I think about this supposed “God Spot” in the brain, the more it sounds like a sextant.
Know what a sextant is? If you’ve ever sailed a ship, you know.
A sextant is a very old device for celestial navigation on sailing ships, used for centuries before the advent of modern navigational tools such as the Loran and GPS. It works very well indeed, provided you have a clear sky and horizon to work with.
Funny thing about the sextant, though, and the astrolabe that preceded it, is that it works on the assumption that the sun and the stars all orbit the earth.
Now, modern science has disproved the Ptolemaic model of a geocentric universe pretty damn incontrovertibly. The evidence supporting the heliocentric model specifically, and a universe at which our planet is not the center, could fill several libraries. Nonetheless, the little sextant keeps on working, blithely ignoring the fact that the premise upon which it works is false.
Certainly, the sextant isn’t going to help you to discover any great truths about life, the universe, or anything.
But if you’re out at sea, and just trying to find your way, perhaps it’s all you need.