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To: f.Christian
Thank you. An interesting and challenging essay. But, alas, I find nothing in it that address the question of whether Darwin was on a government payroll.

And although it posits interesting questions regarding modern western materialism, it really says nothing about any form of government, communistic or otherwise. "The West," in my opinion, covers quite a range of government types, some more disgusting than others to be sure, but not all the same.

And "materialism" covers a lot of ground, too. A lot of people confuse "materialism" in science with "materialsim" in the sense of mindless consumerism, say, or hedonism. I expect that you're not doing that.

361 posted on 06/08/2002 5:17:05 PM PDT by Gumlegs
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To: Gumlegs
Positive science...

objectivity(reality) requires no value judgements---

how you think things should be is normative science(ideology)!

362 posted on 06/08/2002 5:28:59 PM PDT by f.Christian
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