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Politics : Actual left/right wing discussion
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To: JeffA who wrote (917)9/15/2006 11:21:21 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 10087
 
Their understanding is based on some leaps of faith, just like mine.

There is a conceptual difference between probability and faith. I don't question that some work lacks scientific and intellectual integrity it should because scientists, after all, are human. But science, itself, isn't remotely about faith.

Gaps are not filled in by faith. Faith has no basis but faith. It is inherently extra-rational. Scientific gaps are filled in by rational extrapolation or probability and are subject to change based on evidence or other new and better understanding. That is not faith.

I think that the failure to differentiate between scientific theorizing and faith is a distortion and perhaps a cop out, to boot.
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