On Saturday, 28 March 2015 at 01:09:44 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
On Friday, 27 March 2015 at 11:33:39 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
Hmm... science exists only as long as we don't understand
something, then it disappears and only knowledge remains.
Looks like he talks about engineering, but calls it science.
One dismisses Knuth discussing the topic for which he is
rightfully exceptionally well known at one's peril. He may be
wrong, but one should agonize before being sure this is the
case and read widely and carefully about the topic first.
Often in our society people resolve cognitive dissonance by
dismissing the awkward perspective that causes such discomfort,
when one would reach a fuller perspective by putting up with
the discomfort for a while before attempting to reach
intellectual closure.
I don't believe he is making the confusion you suggest.
Without touching on what Kagamin said, one must also take care
not to fall to argumentum ab auctoritate.
