On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Casey Dougall wrote: ... > don't forget this one... > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Once upon a time the heavens, the motion of the sun and earth, the > flow of blood in our bodies, growth of a baby in its mother..these > were all things which were firmly said to be outside the understanding > of mortals, that it was all the realm of philosophers and those that > study the Will of God. The sphere which religion gets to call its own, > unassailable by science, has shrunk at a remarkable speed over the > last couple hundred years. It seems as foolish to say that anything is > outside the realm of science as it does to say that science will > inevitably explain everything.
It's pretty, alright, but it ain't all that and a bag of chips. ;-) "The realm of philosophers"? Maybe some people thought that way, and The Church /was/ Powerful, but the *real* stuff that is the realm of philosophers has been the same realm for like, thousands and thousands of years. Science is a sub-deal of philosophy. It's a tool, not an Answer. What can science tell us of what it means to be an individual? About "goodness" and "badness"? Science can give us data-- but by definition, it /needs something else/. Context. Meaning. Interpretation. > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > >> >> You either have faith or you don't and if you're looking for proof you >> don't. >> > ~ > There must be a middle ground there. Middle ground is for grapes that go "squish", Daniel-san. > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:14 PM, denstar wrote: >> >> Science is just like, this little piece of the whole logic puzzle, ya >> know? It's like this, frankly: do you ever think we'll run out of >> questions? >> > ~ > People are curious by nature and that will at some point lead you to wanting > to know more. There is always more to know, you know. At least so far. Or else maybe there's nothing to know, really, because we all /already/ know, really. Or maybe get squish, just like grape. ;-) Patterns are flipping interesting tho, neh? Chaos, Order, and The Dance =] > At this point it's like science community runs out of ideas and is like, OK > lets disprove some in religion again. there are way bigger fish to fry if > you ask me. Getting rid of disease and cancer would be one.No reason > dwelling on things of the past in evolution, the truth will come out > eventually. Eh. We are pretty good at putting our knowledge to use, I'm sure whatever we learn will come in handy somehow. So bring it, science-- I wanna know what's outside the box. And find out why "42" is such a hilarious Answer. (well, you see, the retina gets this image (upside down no less), and these chemical reactions happen, and...) lol > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Maureen wrote: > > One of the few subjects more eloquently unexplainable than God is > quantum mechanics. > > ~ > yuck, you still need to do the math. Sally fourth? Hehe. Math is cool. It's like music. Sex, drugs, and math. Yup. Rock on with your bad self! -- He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. Confuci ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308441 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
