From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Fri Oct 08 2004 - 16:49:07 BST
MSH, Scott, All:
Scott:
> Couldn't agree more about those who downplay the value of science,
> math, and logic, but no one in this thread has. Though I think it is
> overstated, Platt's point is that scientists also operate within a
> faith structure.
Exactly. Thanks Scott for making that clear.
> msh says:
> Platt's list of scientific "faiths", to the extent that it is at all
> accurate, is nothing more than a list of apriori assumptions made in order
> to kick-start a highly valuable system of thought. You might as well say
> that mathematicians have faith in the square root of two.
As Godel showed, if religion requires belief in unprovable truth, math is
the only religion that can prove it's a religion.
> Any attempt to draw some faith-based parallel between science and
> religion is doomed to failure if not fraud.
Godel's Theorem proves otherwise. If I have to choose between the
cogitations of MSH or Godel, I'm inclined to go with Godel. :-)
Platt
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