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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (125125)	11/19/2009 1:36:44 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) of 543304

>>Who gets to decide what the truth is? A panel of scientists? Who selects the scientists? Who selects the people that select the Scientists? If its humans on this planet we're back to cultural relativism--or the norm.<< Vinter - There are questions that can't be answered with certainty by human beings at the present time. For those questions, cultural norms may allow for differing views of the truth. There are other things that can be objectively determined, even by flawed creatures such as ourselves, to a great enough level of certainty that denying them isn't rational. If we can't agree on that much, there's no point in even trying to discuss anything. - Allen

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