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Re: Be careful what you ask for in case you actually get it (was: slight)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 18 Jul 2002 18:28:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> I'm not sure of the point of the selective recap, but I'll let the others
> answer for themselves.
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
>
> > > So yes, the bottom line for me is the scientific method is wonderful for
> > > investigating that which can be understood by science (i.e. the physical
> > > universe). To say it's good for *everything* is making science into a god.
> > > That would be my assertion.
> >
> > If we can agree, then we can all go home. I'll even take out the i.e.
> > physical universe bit and not try to reduce science to *just* the physical
> > universe.
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> "Once there was a way, to get back home...."
"Take the long way home..." (my favourite song from my favourite group...)
>
> You are the one equating science and god. Yes, I know, you are staring at
> your screen and saying, "I never said that. I don't believe that."
>
> First, you just said it. You aren't quoting anyone above, you are just
> trying to define someone else as believing that, but only in your opinion
> ("that would be my assetation"). The point is, you are the one expressing
> the opinion, and everyone on this board has denied the validity of your claim.
>
> You don't believe that (that science = god). So? You are still the only
> one trying to establish the connection. You are doing so to undermine those
> that you don't agree with rather than actually establish that science = god,
> but it doesn't change the fact that you are the only one saying such.
>
> So, no, we don't agree.
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> Just so you understand and don't try the Reading 101 defense, I took a
> reading comprehension test in college, amusingly at the same time my sister
> was taking the exact same test in high school. The high school scores
> clustered around 25-30 (on a 0-99 scale). I think the highest was in the
> fifties. My college class averaged in the fifties, with the second highest
> in the high seventies. I was at 89. I passed the maximum test of 99 by
> course end. No one else reached my starting point. I suspect reading
> convoluted war game rules (ahhh, the heady days of SPI legalese) had a lot
> to do with it.
>
> Of course, anyone can make an error, and I am not immune. But others are
> telling you the same thing, so perhaps it is time for you to consider, like
> the "I never said evolution isn't science" claim, that perhaps the one that
> isn't isn't grasping the concept is you.
>
> Bruce
Then consider it grasped, my friend. I made a statement that equated
science as a god, and for that, I apologize.
If I say that science is not a god, can we agree on that?
Then I'll find my way home.
Dave K.
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