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Subject:	Re: Be careful what you ask for in case you actually get it (was: slight)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:45:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes: <snip> > As a kind of ending to my part in this I would just like to recall to mind > an idea attributed to Aristotle -- the idea that "I don't know" is the way > to begin the understanding of anything. What I do know encompasses few > things, what "I don't know" encompasses a good deal greater number of > things. Starting from the standpoint of "I don't know" -- then studying > phenomena with a great deal of skepticism and the refusal to accept things > not evidenced -- will get you a good deal farther than any known alternative. > > -- Hop-Frog That about sums it up for me, as well. Nicely said. Dave K.

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		Re: Be careful what you ask for in case you actually get it (was: slight)
(...) I am not sure how to take this statement. Are you accepting Aristotlean methods as the chief utility of scientific thought and all rational inquiry, or are you somehow thinking that you go from "I don't know" to asserting the existence of your (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Be careful what you ask for in case you actually get it (was: slight)
(...) Faulty thinking and faulty assumptions again. Your having faith is an observable phenomenon that can be studied. Science would not deny that existence of your having faith -- it might study the chemical or physical reasons that you maintain (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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