From: ml (mbtlehn@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Fri Oct 08 2004 - 04:36:04 BST
Hello Platt:
> Hi Charles, All:
>
> Science asks us to "just believe" in the following irrational canons of
> faith:
>
> -- Faith in empirical verification as the standard of truth (although that
> assertion of truth can't be verified empirically.)
>
> -- Faith in the creative power of chance (although science depends on the
> repeatable and predictable to prove its theories.)
>
> -- Faith in a purposeless cosmos (although every living creature exhibits
> goal-oriented behavior.
>
> -- Faith in an amoral universe (although scientists say it's immoral to
> falsify data.)
>
> -- Faith in beauty as a sign of a valid scientific theory (although no
> scientific instrument can identify, measure or unravel the mystery of
> beauty.)
>
> You can have faith in science, in God, in the MOQ, or your neighbor's cat.
> It really makes little difference because no matter how you slice it,
> existence remains an impenetrable mystery.
>
mel:
Hence the success of E.D. drugs...
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