Basic GPG Commands

There are three fundamental ways of learning about the world, and they map
well to concepts we’re all familiar with:

• Philosophy: Determine the nature of reality by
  thinking about it.

• Science: Determine the nature of reality by testing it.

• Religion: Determine the nature of reality by accepting an
  external explanation on faith.

Reduced, these become:

1. Thinking

2. Testing

3. Accepting

A number of these blend together in practice. For example, science often
starts with thinking and then moves on to testing. And philosophy is often
interested in determining if its models are correct, and may employ testing
to that end.

Faith, or accepting, seems the most vulnerable to modernity under
this light, since faith basically means believing absolutely without
evidence.

Think about which combination of these you use to learn about the world. And
ask yourself if you’re happy with the answer.