From: Bodie (mclarkc@essex.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2002 - 12:05:57 MST
/me detects another huge can of worms being opened *creeeek* :)
Scientific method is not just a belief, it's something thats proveable and
repeatable in experiments. Is it a fact that technology has improved our
lives or is it just a belief? I'll leave it at that for now
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Blunderov wrote:
> Mermaid quoted
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> "I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any
> path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. That is my point of view, and
> I adhere to that absolutely and unconditionally."Krishnamurti
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> Without in anyway wishing to introduce yet another red-herring, I have to
> say-
> But surely he contradicts his own self here? He makes a pretty emphatic
> implied statement that truth cannot be attained and yet he holds this
> statement to be true. Haven't we seen this before?
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> The main point being:
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> Every religion has to, in the final analysis, hold an item of faith.
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> Even the viriians. The viriians hold (I think) the item of faith that the
> scientific method of thought is the best way forward for humanity.
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> The scientific system of thought cannot prove itself to be true. It would of
> neccessity be self referencing.You have to subscribe.
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> Or does Blunderov speak heresy here?
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> Regards
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