Baba Brinkman - Naturalizm lyrics

"Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. Where religion gets into trouble, is in those cases that it pretends to know something about science." Carl Sagan [Syqnys] Whenever I debate opponents of naturalism They act like I viciously attacked their position And that's when I can get half to actually listen It's like their minds are trapped, shackled in prison When I mention evolution, the panic it hit's 'em Yeah, they act like I'm advocating cannibalism It's a man-eat-man world, just animals living In a pointless universe, try like mad to convince 'em But I can't, without getting' pa**ionate with it Watch how far naturalists being pa**ive will get 'em Forget about my radical stance on religion Watch a naturalist debate a fanatical Christian On the one side, you have someone with PhDs On the other, call 'em "freeze" – they have zero degrees And then we have to sit there and hear from the sleaze Like it's a real debate, you hearing me? Please! [Baba] Please, I'm hearing whispers on the wind about "conspiracies" And "missing links" in modern evolutionary trees "Intelligent design is treated like it's heresy..." That's because it has no support empirically! "But living things look designed, they must be designed!" Sounds like your outcomes are all pre-defined You need the scientific method to free your mind Your ignorance is makin' baby Jesus cry Design in nature is a blind operation Here, let me try to find a less offensive way to say it There's craters in the moon and there's craters in your face But that doesn't mean the two were created the same way Bottom up versus top down Me and Syq gotta play good cop, bad cop now How does being labeled a "cynical fraud" sound? Try to sneak religion into science and get shot down So don't waste your breath Tryin' to sell me that fake BS I'm a rationalist I don't believe your little claims unless You can back them with reason and evidence And don't waste my precious time Tryin' to save my soul, no I'm a naturalist I don't believe you need magic To explain anything Anything? Anything! [Syqnys] We've been too accommodating, that's the reason that scientists Are viewed by the public as deceivers and liars, it's Crazy. Crazy! Yeah, they're thinking that science is Populated by incompetent, overconfident nihilists Why is this? It seems that we live in a world In which the people who have the most to say are the quietest Meanwhile, the willfully ignorant Are sk**ed at belligerently shouting, filling the innocent Minds of the public who aren't really that into it That the data for global warming isn't really significant Or that evolution's just a theory This is important, we must be weary Of pseudo-scientists, and bust them, clearly We don't have to be all hushed and fear the Repercussions. Yeah, we're outnumbered; we're the Ones who are right, science-lovers hear me! [Baba] And holler back if you'd rather have the facts Even if they call you an iconoclast Cause you're mockin' on their sacred cows and other ancient artifacts Never believe an idea based on how long it lasts Judge it on the damage it does, on its impact The time of religion on this planet is almost pa**ed But it's still holding us back like Jodie Foster in Contact And still I'm clinging on this olive branch Why? Cause I got friends who like to pray And they tell me it brightens their day, so I say Keep it out of my face and out of science debates And you can have a nice time with your private faith But if your personal fantasy world touches reality I'm comin' with the cavalry, debunkin' every fallacy That's part of the vision of scientific majesty Vigilance is the cost, and religion is the casualty So don't waste your breath Tryin' to sell me that fake BS I'm a rationalist I don't believe your little claims unless You can back them with reason and evidence And don't waste my precious time Tryin' to save my soul, no I'm a naturalist I don't believe you need magic To explain anything Anything? Anything! "If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along." Carl Sagan