Talk:Feeling Pinkie Keen/@comment-86.3.251.139-20120128060302/@comment-4451045-20120204115852

The moral isn't "not to be stuck in your belief even if it's clearly wrong" but that there are things out there that simply cannot be explained, and you shouldn't be so skeptical about everything. The problem with claiming that there is some sort of metaphysical reality ('pinkie sense' in this case, which comes from 'nowhere') is that it is not falsifiable - you cannot either prove or disprove its existence and alleged interference with our own reality in any way. It's not the question of whether or not it does exist, it's the question of whether or not we should consider it at all. And if your answer is yes, then you also have to account for the infinite number of other propositions of metaphysical reality, however silly they may be: tooth fairies, ghosts, Matrix-like theories, etc.

Now, you may say "oh c'mon, it's just an episode of a kids' show, what's the harm, seriously?". Well, kids are rather impressionable, and while it surely wouldn't turn them into astrologers / ghost hunters / religious freaks or whatever, it promotes a worldview that is at best silly and at worst dangerous; and if the kids who are watching this don't have their own clear opinion on the subject, they might just be convinced and simply accept it without giving much thought.

Of course, one could interpret the story's message as being "you shouldn't discard an idea just because it doesn't correspond to your current knowledge", with pinkie sense being an allegory for the "(YET) unknown", and that would be a perfectly fine statement; but even if the writers wanted it that way, it's not actually what's being said (or hinted at) at all.