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Morris Dovey
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Duane Bozarth (in
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| Morris Dovey wrote:
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|| George (in ) said:
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||| How is the only question a scientist should answer _ as a
||| scientist_, by the way. S/he should not question faith any more
||| than someone of faith should question science.
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|| I was with you until I reached that last sentence. I think a
|| scientist should question *everything* and that *everyone* should
|| question science.
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| That depends on what you mean by "question science". If you mean
| continually test the present hypotheses and prediction of current
| science, certainly--and good science does precisely that. If you
| mean question science in the sense of the IDers and Creationists
| that "Science" is fundamentally flawed in asserting the existence
| of natural processes from the very beginning, then no.
Oops! Sorry to have been ambiguous. I intended the first sense; and
meant "question" to denote "conduct rational, complete, and critical
inquiry" rather than "deny" - in both instances.
I wish I were a better wordsmith.
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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html
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