> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dan M > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:15 PM > To: 'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion' > Subject: Ideology ...... > I think that, while I have quibbles with your first statement, Agreed with > your second (while adding a parallel), we have our strongest differences > here. I like reason; it allows me to connect the dots and is a tool to > see > where I contradict myself. But, reason, by itself, only allows one to do > things like prove theorems from axioms. It can show that a set of axioms > contain contradiction (e.g. when you can both prove A and ~A from a set of > axioms). > > There are thousands of theories of physics out there, produced by hard > working professional theoretical physicists. Most, I would say, are > reasonable. They have internal consistency, and argue logically from A to > B > to C, etc. But, only one of many candidate can model observations: >
This is partway through the message, up to the point where I establish that we need something other than just reason to make decisions. I accidentally hit save instead of save draft, sorry. More to come when I can do it. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
