In a message dated 3/27/01 8:24:40 AM EST, [email protected] writes: << It could even be that the scientifically provable is nothing but a commonly held [in whatever nonlocal mental field] belief. Ken >>
Ken: I would rather liken it to probability theory. What is scientifically "provable" is often dependent on the level of confidence we choose to apply to a particular outcome with regard to its reproducibility over time. It's not unusual for science to allow for as much as a 5 or even a 10% "error" to sustain a particular conclusion because the effect of NOT believing that result is relatively inconsequential and the benefits of maintaining such a belief are enormous. In other cases, the confidence level is 99.99999999999% as in applying Newtonian physics to particles moving much slower than the speed of light where there is practically no benefit at all for the vast majority of Earthbound inhabitants in not accepting the validity of this physical subset (as it applies to transportation, for example). Almost everything else falls in between these two extremes. Roger -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
