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Article #4035Re: Religion & Physics Don't Mix
From: John Ongtooguk
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 01:26
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 01:26
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In article <1992Nov06.003459.120859@zeus.calpoly.edu>, mhorning@zeus.calpoly.edu (Mark E. Horning (Captain Neutrino)) writes:
|> johno@sdd.hp.com (John Ongtooguk) states
|> >In article <1d9tejINNq6p@chnews.intel.com>, bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
|> >|>
|> >|> Science is truth, and truth is science. They are one and the same.
|> >
|> > If the truth is always changing then what is it after it changes ?
|>
|> No, no. You have to treat science as an approximation. As information
|> goes towards infinity, science goes towards reality. Therefore when it
|> changes it more closely approximates the truth.
I'll agree with that. Science is more of a falsifier than deliverer of
truth and after enough "is, is not" the truth may become evident, or at
least accepted as such.
John Ongtooguk (johno@sdd.hp.com)
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