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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1517)	1/20/2007 3:05:19 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) of 69300

This article is mostly straw-men arguments and not an accurate description of the scientific method. No scientist claims that our knowledge is complete. Science is a process not a product. Brains did not evolve so that they could think up great thoughts. The process of biological evolution does not have a goal, so the results of evolution such as rational consciousness are a by-product because they worked, not a choice of pre-conscious ancestors. The scientific method is also a process that evolves, and has reached it's current success because it worked. It's not a biological evolution since changes to the process do not have to follow a strict parent-to-child inheritance, but otherwise it evolves much the same way. New methods and ideas become accepted because they work and have practical application and those which don't work get discredited and abandoned. It is only because the process can change over time that the scientific method can get "closer to the truth" over time. Many religons, in contrast, got as close to the "truth" as they will ever get long ago. The interlocking explanations lack the ability to allow changes without bringing the whole set of explanations into doubt. TP

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