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To: Metacomet who wrote (9629)4/24/2006 10:04:22 PM
From: LLCF   of 78416
 
<He is basically of the opinion that positions based on faith cannot co-exist with positions based on philosophy (science).>

Yea, I think in practice it certainly makes more sense to study the observable than religious dogma, although again, Taoism and certain Buddhist sects are completely based on observation. It's my understanding (could be wrong) that Taoist ancients were (among the) the first "scientists". I only point this out because it IS considered a relgion, and therefore warns of generalizing and labeling.

I'd also note that lot's of scientific positionality is based on 'faith'.... relying on the current accepted use of the scientific method is one GIANT system of faith... assuming that all truths should be able to be repeated in an experiment, or be based on some causual mechanism that is repeatable based on an experiment we would somehow know how to set up.

That said, if science would stick to admitting that what is not proved is simply unknown, rather than false (science 101), it would go a long way. That's not the way it works however. A good example to tie in the above would be accupuncture... which has been observed to work for hundreds or thousands of years, but since the mechanism of efficy is unknown (ie. there is no proof "Qi" exists), most modern scientists label it as 'false'.

DAK
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