Re: [Goanet] Science and Truth / Ref: Kevin's Comments
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. > Kevin writes: > > This is exactly the reason Science is upheld as > > the ONLY legitimate way to the TRUTH! It is self > > correcting, > --- Peter D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Kevin, > > Science is truth, but scientific opinion often > isn't. Science is limited to a few dimensions of > truth, so don't get too caught up with it as the be- > all and end-all of everything that's true. > Mario adds: > The following link shows how science is "self-correcting":-)) > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/5283278.stm > First environmental supremo Al Gore produces a movie warning that global warming will lead to wholesale flooding from melting glaciers, citing "science" as his source. > Now come other scientists that warn us that countries that depend on melting glaciers for their water are in jeopardy because global warming is causing some glaciers to grow!!! > Some glaciers melting, while others are growing all because of global warming. Isn't science wonderful? > ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
Re: [Goanet] Science and Truth / Ref: Kevin's Comments
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Peter D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Science is truth, but scientific opinion often > isn't. > I disagree. Science is probably the best approximation of the truth as far as the natural universe is concerned, but nobody knows if it is the truth itself or not. It is also a tried and tested method to arrive at the best approximation of this truth. Opinion of a scientist on a substantive issue within his/her scientific discipline is closer to the best approximation of the truth about that specific issue, depending on that scientist's competence and knowledge. Opinion of a scientist on other matters is as good as anybody else. > >Science is limited to a few dimensions of truth, so >don't get too caught up with it as the be-all and >end-all of everything that's true. > Science is limited to knowing the best approximation of the truth about all dimensions of the matter-energy/time-space universe. Whether there are dimensions besides these or not, nobody knows. Cheers, Santosh ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
[Goanet] Science and Truth / Ref: Kevin's Comments
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. Kevin writes: > This is exactly the reason Science is upheld as the ONLY legitimate way to > the TRUTH! It is self correcting, Hey Kevin, Science is truth, but scientific opinion often isn't. Science is limited to a few dimensions of truth, so don't get too caught up with it as the be-all and end-all of everything that's true. Peter ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
