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To: The Philosopher who wrote (83711)	7/12/2000 10:50:31 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Many core principles of science must be taken on faith, since they cannot be proved. They are not accepted on faith. They are accepted because the available evidence overwhelmingly supports them. And they are abandoned if evidence appears which contradicts them. The moment we find something that doesn't fall when dropped, the law of gravity goes out the window. The basic principle of science is that conclusions should be based on observation, experimentation, and accumulation of physical evidence, and should be open to challenge at all times. None of these have any place in religion.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (83711)	7/13/2000 1:37:59 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

They are taken on something like faith in some regards and yet unlike faith in a very crucial aspect. Faith in the religious or philosophical sense is assigned to ideas that are then placed beyond review, in the "Just because." drawer. Science necessarily starts from some presumptions about the nature of reality, but one of the most charming features of science is that everything is available for challenge or review. There is no Privileged Set of facts or procedures. Can you identify a core principle of science (not a fact or theory, but something central to the scientific method) that relies on faith as an engine?