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Article #2444Re: Mechanization Of America
From: Don Homuth
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:39
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:39
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:20:40 -0600, tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com (Brent P) wrote: >In article <b2f9n1h3drj370k96m87g0nhihnqvmsj7j@4ax.com>, Don Homuth wrote: >> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 09:24:28 -0600, tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com >> (Brent P) wrote: >> >>>"Science" also has become a religion in the way it functions.... >> >> Nonsense. >> That's just an argument invented by the Fundies. > >Who are fundies? A useful term for Fundamentalists of any superstititous persuasion. Saves keystrokes. > I arrived at that by long study of "science". Study and comprehension being two entirely different things. >The same set of facts can support different theories. Entirely as it should be, in that it provides impetus for even More study and the gaining of More knowledge. I can come up with a complex mathematics (google on epicycles) to defend a terricentric universe, but Science does it better with less bother. > For instance, in geology the >theory that features were slowly worn over time vs. the theory that they >were worn by sudden, large, violent events. And whaddaya know -- Both Of The Above are true, depending on different circumstances. The Grand Canyon was the result of millennia of erosion, whilst the Columbia River Gorge happened as the result of large violent events seriatim. >> Science holds Truth temporarily, till more and better Evidence for it >> comes along. > >And those who's careers are based on the old 'truth' will seek to stop >the new one. That's the Human Condition. Folks defend things till something new comes along. Newtonian Physics works as an approximation sufficiently to build bridges and buildings, but Relativistic Physics builds nuclear devices, and Quantum Physics builds microcircuits. It all works out.
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