magiccarpetride;637424 Wrote: > This is so misguided, it's not even funny. What you are saying is that, > before the advent of science, humankind had no concept of facts? You > ought to be forced to go back to school and finish your education. > > Facts are first and foremost based on the common sense consensus. It is > only a tiny fraction of that consensus that ever gets probed by science. > If the science were to disappear from the face of the earth, facts, > many, many facts, will still remain in the collective psyche of the > humankind. > > For example, the fact that fire is hot has nothing to do with science, > or with double blind tests. Fire IS hot -- it's not an opinion, it's a > FACT. And that fact does not need to be thoroughly proven by rigorous > scientific testing.
Someone had to first put their hand into the fire to know that it was hot. It was not common sense consensus that told them that. It was someone making a discovery that they then passed on to others until it THEN became a common consensus that fire hurts and will always hurt if you put your hand into it. You think a child knows that fire can harm them? You either tell them what has already been proven by science and experimentation or you let them find out by themselves. -- drewe181 Slim Devices Squeezebox 3 Modified Logitech Squeezebox Touch Logitech Squeezebox Radio iPhone with iPeng iPad with iPeng HD FLAC FLAC and more FLAC http://www.studionika.com.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------ drewe181's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8129 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88345 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
