Appreciated, thanks. On Mar 22, 2011 10:07 PM, "sasam" <f...@absamail.co.za> wrote: > Natural science is very helpful to keep our feet firmly on the ground > in avoidance of metaphysical flights of fancy. While our level of > knowledge is exiting and very satisfying, and helpful, we must not get > carried away with it. > > You are asking for an impossibility. Our powers of synthetic > prediction is only as good as the models obtained from past event > analysis. If it didn't happen yet we most probably will not be able to > predict it. Our accuracy of prediction will also only increase with > increased frequency of the event. As usual the student in a specific > field appreciates his / her lack of knowledge the more he / she gets a > better grasp of the object of study. In this way the people ignorant > to a specific area of study display a severely inflated blind trust in > science's ability to predict reality - or even in the scientific > models representing reality. > > Our egos are stasified with our general knowledge of nature - an ego > conversely equivalent to an individual's actual knowledge. Our self > established sets of rules weaving stories about reality holds just > until the next popular theory or even paradigm shift causes us to > revise our stories and start the cycle anew. > > > On Mar 16, 4:20 pm, awori achoka <awori.ach...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I agree. But can anyone tell me why we are unable to predict things like >> tsunamis? They sound too obvious to me, given the level of science. >> >> On Mar 16, 2011 3:50 PM, "einseele" <einse...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Look for medical attention, your are verging the point of no return >> >> On Mar 16, 3:59 am, "Serenity Smiles" <gentle.esse...@hotmail.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >> > Ok I will attempt to try to explain as much as I can for the moment. The >> >> truth is there is no hea... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. > To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. >
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