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Þann fös., 21. jún. 2019, 01:54 Ian Clark skrifaði <earthspo...@gmail.com>: > Jose – thank you for introducing me to Alhazen. > Significantly predates René Descartes, whom I recall being taught was the > originator of the Method of Systematic Doubt. > Quite clearly the priority belongs to Alhazen. > > I wrote: > > Like the reason why the human eye couldn't have arisen by blind chance. > > That was a serendipitous blunder. Pun not intended, and not even noticed, > until Raul pointed it out. > > Yes, the Devil's Dictionary is a work of splendid absurdity, and that > particular entry a topic for dangerous meditation… > Perhaps we'd had gills – and lost them? > Perhaps we were supposed to evolve them all by ourselves? > After all, the Elohim only gave themselves a day to create us (…albeit they > wasted the following day). > Come to think of it, nobody ever explained to me where the Garden Of Eden > actually was – or where it disappeared to after the Fall. > :-D > > > On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 00:35, Jose Mario Quintana < > jose.mario.quint...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > " > > Science is only ever 'settled' in the sense of "it looks stable for now". > > " > > > > The following is a translation of what was reportedly written around > 1,000 > > years ago: > > > > *The duty of the man who investigates the writings of scientists, if > > learning the truth is his goal, is to make himself an enemy of all that > he > > reads, and attack it from every side. He should also suspect himself as > he > > performs his critical examination of it, so that he may avoid falling > into > > either prejudice or leniency.* > > > > > > *— Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham)* > > > > More recently, the following is attributed to Karl Popper: > > > > *No number of sightings of white swans can prove the theory that all > swans > > are white. The sighting of just one black one may disprove it.* > > > > " > > My vision of TABULA is as a tool to show students what's possible. Not to > > chisel out idols to bow down to. > > " > > > > Amen ;) > > > > " > > Like the reason why the human eye couldn't have arisen by blind chance. > > " > > > > For some reason that reminded me of the following entry in the *Devil's > > Dictionary*: > > > > *Ocean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for > > man—who has no gills.* > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 12:41 PM Ian Clark <earthspo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > (…"the science is settled"). > > > > > > Science is only ever "settled" in the sense of "it looks stable for > now". > > > > > > My vision of TABULA is as a tool to show students what's possible. Not > to > > > chisel out idols to bow down to. > > > > > > And I mean it primarily for students. What I recall of school was > > enduring > > > impatience with debates on matters where we knew the answer was known. > We > > > wanted to be told what was so and what wasn't. And when it wasn't, we > > > wanted to be given one reason why not, to hurl back at critics. Battle > > > cries, not debates. > > > > > > But some of the "reasons" we were given don't stand up to simple > > modelling. > > > Like the reason why the human eye couldn't have arisen by blind chance. > > Or > > > that natural selection can give rise to sterile worker ants (Darwin > > spent a > > > lot of time on these topics: > > > http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22764/22764-h/22764-h.htm#page171 ). > > > > > > Maybe that's just the cultural bubble I was brought up in? I hope > that's > > > the case, and it's a bubble long burst. But I see little evidence of it > > > with my children, and now grandchildren. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
