what about what about the drake equation :) It's an attempt to state the probability of other life existing in the universe. Naturally the numbers you get depend a lot on the assumptions that you put in :)
On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:42 PM, denstar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Jim Davis wrote: > .... >> As I define things (and as I believe most working scientists do as well) >> "Science" is the result of the modern scientific method. There are >> definitely related disciplines (mathematics for example) and unrelated >> disciplines that seek to answer some of the same questions (theology, >> philosophy, etc). There are also social disciplines that should guide >> scientific inquiry (ethics for examples). > > Science is meaningless without Philosophy. Context, you know. > > On a side note: > > What about the Drake Equation? I was thinking about this, and God, > the other day. And bits of The Golden Compass and Speaker for the > Dead. > > But it's the math that's curious. By the numbers, something is fishy. > Is it God? Aliens? Mater/Energy itself, sorta? > > As you said, it's us putting science on the world, not the other way > around. How FUN! I hope it never ends. Or is constantly ending and > beginning, perhaps. > > Ah well. Enough air-headed-ness, I've got some contract work to > finish. It's open source, of course, because I like to have my cake > and eat it too (and to make the world a more code-filled place(there's > plenty of space)). > > Man, I'm feeling silly. Tee-hee-hee! I also think I may have > pink-eye and a broken (at least bent) pinkie finger. And for the > tres, heh: Still pretty much sitting pink. > > Um, yup, that's it. Sorry for the temporary derailment there. > > In reality, I love it all, 'nuff said. > > -- > The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea. > Mortimer Adler > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268291 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
