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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
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> I suspect that the idea Dave is trying to get across is that some people
> promote science and scientific thought as the be-all and end-all of possible
> knowledge. These people are in their way as close-minded as the extremely
> rigid religious types. They elevate scientific thought and the scientific
> method to a sort of god-hood by allowing it no possibility of fault or
> exception. I don't *think* anyone here is that sort of scientific zealot,
> but sometimes people come across that way without intent; it's especially
> hard to avoid that kind of impression when you're immersed in a heated debate.
>
> We can certainly concieve of things that are not addressable by science; it
> is not such a leap of logic to conceed that they may exist. God is one
> such; another is the hypothetical 'event which cannot be observed by any
> means'. Dave is railing against the belief: "if science cannot address it,
> it cannot exist".
>
> James
Thanks. That's *exactly* my point--they *may* exist is even better for me
to accept than they *do* or *do not* exist.
Dave K.
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| (...) I don't see where James stated anything like the above interpretation of his statement. Yes, you can believe in green fairies. No, science cannot disprove the existence of the green fairies (there is a reason for that, BTW). These two things (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) <huge honkin' snip> I suspect that the idea Dave is trying to get across is that some people promote science and scientific thought as the be-all and end-all of possible knowledge. These people are in their way as close-minded as the extremely (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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