Re: virus: Science and Religion

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Mon, 23 Sep 1996 20:55:13 -0500 (CDT)


On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Reed Konsler wrote:

[CLIP]

> Forget about absolute truth. That concept is as ill defined as God; we
> will never reach a consensus on what it is or what methodology one should
> pursue to obtain such knowledge. I believe that many of the models of
> science are (to a greater or lesser extent...boy, how qulified is this
> statement?...) "true" in this sense, but I wouldn't claim that this
> perception should be universal.

Let's keep absolute false. Otherwise, science won't work [in my metaphor.]

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