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To: Steel Eye
Scientists use the word "observation" rather than "fact."
160 posted on 06/22/2003 7:29:57 PM PDT by Junior ("Eat recycled food. It's good for the environment and okay for you...")
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To: Junior
>>> Scientists use the word "observation" rather than "fact."

You're kidding. An observation can be so subjective. Even more so than a theory or a fact. An observation is sort of a second cousin to an opinion, is it not? And we both know you can't have an opinion without having some degree of faith in it.

I was hoping this was just semantics. It seems to be a much bigger problem. We are teetering on the edge of mysticism here.
465 posted on 06/22/2003 10:40:18 PM PDT by Steel Eye
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