To: Stultis
>>>If that's what science did. In fact it does just the opposite. The whole scientific approach, especially the tentative and revisable status of scientific knowledge, is predicted on the understanding that we can only observe a small part of reality, and that there are inumerable phenomena and data that are not only outside of our observational grasp at any one time, but that we are totatally unaware of. Scientists know that in the future there will inevitably be obeservations that are totally unexpected.
That is a very honest "observation." And written, I might add, without any of the arrogance and condescension so prevalent on these threads. Thank you.
I have stumbled through my life relying on equal parts of both skepticism and faith. As I get older my faith is becoming stronger. And the one thing I have learned for certain, is how little I know, and how pointless it is to take myself too seriously.
To: Steel Eye
And the one thing I have learned for certain, is how little I know,.... If only all mankind could understand this simple fact, the arrogance of science and man in general is actually laughable.
The one thing I know is how little I know.
614 posted on
06/23/2003 2:09:14 PM PDT by
CyberCowboy777
(They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.)
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