There is a hard limit to how far you can go as a rationalist without scientific literacy; and there is similarly a hard limit to scientific literacy without cultivated rationality.
This is vague and sounds false. I don't know where you're getting the idea of a hard limit - as Desrtopa noted, plenty of scientists more studied than you or I believe in God. I especially don't know what you mean by 'far'.
This is vague and sounds false.
Vague only because I didn't state it in mathematical precision. For good reason: it's not a statement of precise measurement. As to the 'apparent' falseness... as I illustrate further below: quite frankly, you ought to know better. If this comes across as condescending, well... read the below.
as Desrtopa noted, plenty of scientists more studied than you or I believe in God.
Certainly. And nothing I said gainsaid that. But I know that those self-same scientists do not also believe in witchcraft that can let you fly aroun...
Encountered at: https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/click-and-weep/scientific-literacy/