In Reply to: Re: "2001" : The invention of the right angle posted by Jeff Starrs on February 11, 2005 at 06:54:48:
Jeff,"2001" clearly has such a depth to be able to stimulate conversation so continuously.
I think of technology as a matter of faith because sciencific knowledge is in the end so temporary- there are no scientific "facts' really as they are constantly superceded. Fro a person to perform scientific investigation, though, they need a faith that the conditions and results are "real enough" to be useful.
Proof of the need to have a basic faith in science is demonstrated by those people that still today insist that man has never landed on the Moon- it was staged in Burbank. And, look at the reasoning/argument between creationists and evolutionaries- both sides arguments end up epistimologicallly phrased in quasi-religious terms of faith in the method.
Great topic! Thanks!
Cheers,
Bambi B
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- Re: "2001" : The invention of the right angle - Bambi B 08:33:31 02/11/05 (2)
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