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To: bezelbub
Ah, I see, you aren't interested in science, only in philosophy.

Not true bezelbub. I'm just reminded of a famous line from Dirty Harry: "A man's got to understand his own limitations." Many scientists today claim that science can explain everything; which is in effect to say that the human mind, human reason is unlimited. But we know this isn't so.

We need science. But its method all by itself does not exhaustively explain the entire universe and man's place in it. Many scientists claim to be able to do this anyway. But then it's they who are practicing philosophy, "under the color of science."

119 posted on 03/18/2008 11:02:37 AM PDT by betty boop (This country was founded on religious principles. Without God, there is no America. -- Ben Stein)
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To: betty boop
Many scientists today claim that science can explain everything; which is in effect to say that the human mind, human reason is unlimited. But we know this isn't so.

Many? More than five? There is this Dawkins fellow...

But of course, most scientists never listen to philosophers telling them what they can do - and what they cannot.

124 posted on 03/19/2008 7:58:59 AM PDT by bezelbub
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