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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (83763)	7/13/2000 3:30:43 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

One can act without having to believe in reality. One can act in a play, for example, and know it is not "real", and still speak the lines. So one can trot through life- and do this and that- for example, become a biologist, and enjoy it, without worrying about the ultimate truths- which may or may not exist. In one need not worry about how "real" life is. It really doesn't matter much to me- except as a philosophical curiosity. I accept that I am trapped inside a reality, of some sort or other, perhaps personal, perhaps shared (I cannot really judge- but the way some people describe this reality makes me sure that at LEAST some people are either not in my reality or they are lying to me- cannot ascertain which).

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (83763)	7/13/2000 3:39:40 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Yes, precisely. Therefore, if there were a non- mechanistic answer to a question, science would be mute. Thus, it is actually of limited utility in discussing cosmogony or the origins of life, because it will always refuse to entertain non-mechanistic accounts, and hang on to mechanistic accounts, no matter how far- fetched, in preference........