Dangers of Intellectual Relativism

Bob Lewis, an IT consultant, wrote recently about intellectual relativism. I think this insight is useful and applies in many areas, not just business decision-making:

"A perennially popular myth has it that trusting your gut is a good idea. It's distinct from, but closely related to a parallel cognitive sin, Intellectual Relativism. The difference: Intellectual relativists consider the use of evidence and logic in making decisions to be futile, where those who trust their guts consider it to be a waste of time....

For the record: Intellectual relativism and gut-based decision-making affect organizations at all levels and sizes, with potentially disastrous results. At the smallest scale they can prevent workgroups from achieving basic competence. At the largest it can drive entire nations to ruin."

I believe we Christians should be the best thinkers on the planet, since we have been given access to the mind of Christ! But our behavior suggests this is far from true...yet.