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To: neolib who wrote (442)	3/6/2007 8:25:31 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 520

>> Regarding the validity of personal experience, thought experiments, & navel gazing. I have great respect for the fact that we are emotional animals That is not what I was talking about. My point was about knowledge synthesis. It is possible to make great leaps with a lot of thinking in a corner and zero (or almost zero) experimentation. Of course, "pure thought" detached from all observation is absurd. But then again so is pure experimentation devoid of logical constraints. We are talking about the relative mix here. >> Our senses are not to be trusted. It is a fundamental percept of Buddhism. The Brits would have been much ahead had they converted <vbg>