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The guy who spends his time staring into the dark at the edge of the camp isn't always respected by the people who tend the campfires

Beautifully put, marron. Yet it does take all kinds to make a universe, and we all have to get along.

My main point is that science does not have ALL the answers. It is one of two branches of the total episteme, the other being the so-called humanities including philosophy, theology, cosmology, psychology, et al. To me, it is the leading theoretical thinkers from both branches that make the discoveries that end up benefiting mankind.

Science cannot make man "good," but then neither can philosophy. But at least philosophy asks questions about the nature of human existence and its prospects. It engages the great questions of Life in a way that science never does. At least, not so far.

And so when folks tell me that some day science is going to "cure mortality," to abolish death, I just have to ask: How is it going to do that, when it doesn't even seem to know what Life is?

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And so when folks tell me that some day science is going to "cure mortality," to abolish death, I just have to ask: How is it going to do that, when it doesn't even seem to know what Life is?

See my posts #2149 and #2184..

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And please try to bear in mind that a pretty sentence containing nonsense is still nonsense no matter how pretty it is.

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Thank you so much for the engaging post!!!

And so when folks tell me that some day science is going to "cure mortality," to abolish death, I just have to ask: How is it going to do that, when it doesn't even seem to know what Life is?

So very true! Well said.