It is interesting to see that great Philosophers can hold fallacious views. Thus, Aristotle maintained that women have less teeth than Men. http://parsha.blogspot.co.il/2009/06/do-gentiles-have-more-teeth-than-jews.html
This is nonsense, but in secular philosophy, there is no problem in disagreeing with the great thinkers of previous generations. In Orthodox Rabbinic Judaism, however, this is not possible. In the article linked above, a leading Rabbi of today's generation maintains that non Jews have more teeth than Jews. Presumably this is something that was derived from and conflated with Aristotle's statement. But it is equally fallacious. It just shows that rabbinical thought and self-infallibility is nonsense, and cannot be taken seriously by the rational person.
Just to add to this a small note - when I had a root canal a few years ago, the dentist told me i had 5 roots in my molar, not the regular 4. Perhaps that is because I am a Karaite?
And that 5th root can be traced all the way back to Jacob. ;)
ReplyDeleteSounds to me like a bizarre argument that everyone should be a Jew.
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