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To: koan who wrote (4)	12/13/2008 4:04:31 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) of 71

we try to understand as much as we can. But, how can we claim to know anything if we know nothing for certain? I refer to you Socrates... "The only thing I know for certain is that I know nothing for certain." - - Socrates And because we know the mind fools itself How do you know we have a "mind" at all? Maybe we only think we do, and this "thinking" is merely an autonomic nervous response that gives us the illusion that we think at all? science has really been a huge help to humans. Science is what pulled us out of the "dark ages" as it provided us with objective truth for the first time in man's history using the inductive method. Science is also just another religion. You believe in it, or you don't. You put your trust and faith in it, or you don't. You can use science to guide you through life, or you don't. That is how all religions are used. You mention the inductive method. Inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning have been around long before "science" arrived along with its scientific method. Aristotelian logic is as ancient as the hills. Einsteins theory of relativity works as we have built atomic bombs based on the theory. Einstein's theory of special relativity also includes dimensions or reality which we cannot observe, i.e., there are dimensions beyond the four we can observe. We now also know we evolved from primates as we have both anthropological and DNA evidence. We cannot know anything for certain, therefore we do not know anything about ourselves and/or our origins. You refer to the universe as if there is only one universe. There are an infinite number of universes beginning and disappearing all the time as part of the fabric of space, according to the most recent views by university and NASA space scientists. GZ

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