
Posted by Wayne L on 1/20/2008, 12:40 pm, in reply to "radio show - how to think about science"
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the book denounces is the
: belief that science will one day give us a
: complete account of things.
Many of the so called Empirical Sciences do however involve a great deal Theorectical Knowledge, Science, Speculation,
Conjecture, Belief.
A Scientic Truth is One Thing, a Fact, Scientific Theory, Speculation, Conjecture, belilef, is another, is Blasphemous, is Nothing more than Hog Wash, to include Mathematical Theory.
Theorem
1. Math. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas.
2. a rule or law, esp. one expressed by an equation or formula.
3. Logic. a proposition that can be deduced from the premises or assumptions of a system.
4. an idea, belief, method, or statement generally accepted as true or worthwhile without proof there of.
Theory a spectacle, a subject, for contemplation, thesis, yet to be proven.
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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