[Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Thread Index] [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Date Index]

Re: "No Bolides!"



In a message dated 96-04-16 04:47:01 EDT, you write:

>>What is science then?  Is the truth different than facts?  I don't
>understand
>>what your getting at?  Please Explain!  I thought Science was the persuit
of
>>truth!
>>Regards,
>>Mike! :) :)
>
>It all comes back to science philosophy. The most basic principle is that,
>through scientific methods, truth cannot be identified. Science identifies
>propositions as correct in so far as they have not been shown to be
>incorrect. This is a long way short of truth. Truth is the domain of
>religion and other philosophies of given knowledge. It is not a part of
>science which is an on-going invetigation process in which nothing can be
>taken as true.
>
>Cheers, Paul
>
>pwillis@ozemail.com.au

Thanks!  I guess I simply disagrree with you!  Truth is part of Religion!  I
know my church is true!  If science is not the persuit of truth then why is
everyone one in an uproar about psuedo-science?  How can there be psuedo
science it science has nothhing to do with truth?
Rwgards,
Mike! :) :)