source file: mills2.txt Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 16:30:01 -0800 Subject: Re: science and such From: "Jo A. Hainline" On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Gary Morrison wrote: > > Math and science, religion and mysticism...what's the difference? > > > Here's the key point: > Science raises PLENTY of questions we DO NOT know the answer to, > but it NEVER raises questions that we CANNOT know the answer to. > > The goal of science is to make what was once unknown, become absolutely > obvious, unambiguous, and just plain as day. > > I would disagree with the above statement--science can make "obvious" conclusions based only upon a given set of predefined "givens". It is these "givens" that the mystic defines! Bruce Kanzelmeyer Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 03:41 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA06592; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 03:41:19 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA06599 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id SAA06097; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:39:40 -0800 Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:39:40 -0800 Message-Id: <199703192120_MC2-12DB-F2CE@compuserve.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu