On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 02:47:42PM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: > > Behalf Of Erik Reuter > > > But apparently, Nick, you don't want to always strive closer to > > perfect knowledge, you feel better when you add some comforting > > belief which is actually imperfect, poor quality knowledge. > > Phooey. I've said quite the opposite and I believe quite the > opposite.
Wrong. If you believe in god with no rational evidence, then you are adding to poor quality, imperfect knowledge. High quality knowledge is empirically verifiable. Medium quality knowledge could be verified, but it is very difficult. Low quality knowledge, such as blind belief in god, can never be verified (by definition) -- in fact, it isn't really knowledge at all. So you are not consistently striving towards more perfect knowledge, you may be taking 2 steps forward, but you also take 1 step back. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
