--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason <jedi_sp...@...> wrote: > >  I beg your pardon, there is no race here. All > religions were created during the pre-industrial > agricultural civilisation. People who believe in > these religions have "first wave" mentality.  > These people have a romantic imagination of how > life was during the "first wave" era. Life was > actually brutal and short. > >  So there is no race or competition here.Â
That's a fair point but the first wavers do seem to be hanging around longer than you'd think. Must be all that eternal life they promise, good idea that - keeps em keen. I was hoping it was a race as I won't live forever and I really hope to at least have an inkling of this Theory of Everything that seems to be achievable. Be nice to know that everything has been accounted for, be nicer if I can actually understand it too. > Science is the only viable method. As long as we can still argue about it, I agree. > --- On Mon, 6/14/10, Hugo <fintlewoodle...@...> wrote: > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Science will win what ? > Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 8:30 AM > >  > --- "anatol_zinc" <anatol_zinc@> wrote: > > > > > > Science will win what ? > > Science will win the race to explain what the universe is and > where it came from. > > No contest really as the competition from the worlds religions > amounts - to believe it or don't be a part of our religion. They > don't really offer any convincing supporting evidence. Not that > I've ever seen, quite the contrary in fact. Compare Genesis to > On The Origin Of Species, no contest. > > > > > Quote from some previous post: "science will win because it > > works" > > > > What an absurd and meaningless thing to say. Doesn't everything > > work? > > My new hard-drive recorder doesn't! > > >Everything that happens works, but not necessarily for good. > > That's the thing about science, it's a tool and therefore > has no moral sense of its own. It's us that decide whether > to use for good purposes or bad. > > > > > Mindless entertainment works to keep people mindless; does that mean it > > wins? > > > > Let's see how science works: > > > > Nuclear bombs work, gas chambers, thousands of dangerous chemicals, > > nuclear plants work very well at producing dangerous radiation waste, > > suicidal processed foods, can dig oil wells so deep cannot control them, > > go to the moon (what the heck for), produce weapons for war, transplant > > organs for a few at a staggering cost while billions go hungry,â¦. > > > > Obviously, I'm leaving out some of the good stuff, to make this > > point because it does appear that survival of human race is at risk. > > I think going to the moon was one of the good things, what > happened to your sense of wonder and willingness to think > outside the box, break boundaries etc. > > I actually think the moon shots were worth it just for the > photos they bought back. Man at his best. > >  >  >
