From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Thu May 05 2005 - 06:18:31 BST
Hi all,
Ant quotes from Ian's blog:
"Oh my god, this is truly awful. The logical positivist memeplex
reinforces the religious memeplex. Science has unwittingly been it's
own worst enemy."
msh says:
Although I know Ian prefers physics to religion for pure explanatory
power, this quotation is to me a great example of how, by using
exotic terminology, someone might, to an ear less skeptical than
mine, come across as being profound when all they are being is at
best provincial, at worst obscure. The quote seems to suggest that
LP and religion are equally useful systems of investigation, that
science has been caught in its own lie and is hoist by its own
petard. This obvious falsehood is given an aura of truth by the use
of the sophisticated sounding "memeplex." Must I really run to
Dawkins in order to understand a sentence that, with slightly more
effort, could have been written using plain ol' English?
Apropos to this thread, there is a huge difference between the
epistemological foundations of science and religion, and to suggest
otherwise is, as I like to say, pure confusion.
Just my fiftieth of a dollar, and I don't expect any money back.
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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