Models

Taleb (the guy from the previous post) also had something interesting to say about models. He felt one of the reasons people were surprised by a black swan event like the sub-prime collapse was that people relied on models rather than experience. Models are easy to teach (versus experience) and look like science even if they actually perform worse and worse.

Again, this seems to apply to church on so many levels. Not only does the church also like models it doesn't like to take an honest look at experience because we don't like what it tells us. On top of that we can add the caveat, "Just because it sounds good doesn't mean it is." (or feels good, or tastes good, etc.)