John, Perhaps I have misunderstood if you were presenting an alternative theory: it's easy to misunderstand the often complex ideas discussed on this list. Could you explain your theory, and how it could be immune to being proved wrong?
Stathis Papaioannou > Stathis, > you (of all people) underestimate human optimism and self confidence. "MY > THEORY"? the 'others' maybe, they become proven wrong and false, not mine! > Then again where is an acceptable evidence? to whom? > Ask Goedel, ask Popper, ask all people who 'think' differently. > Bruno has different evidence for his position in his reply to my question > today than I had when I asked it. > Not even a (confirmed?) "Pysical"experiment is 'evidendce'. wHO do you call > a 'scientist'? the one who accepts an evidence, or who does not? > Best wishes > John M > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stathis Papaioannou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "John M" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:22 AM > Subject: RE: Bruno's argument - Comp > > > > John M writes: > > > Earlier we lived in a telephone central switchboard, further back in a > > steam-engine. Not to mention the Turtle. > > The 'cat' specifies IMO ignorance without prejudice. > > Very droll, very true! But what, then, must we do? Scientists come up with > the > best theory consistent with the evidence, with a willingness to revise the > theory > in the light of new evidence. They might not be quite as willing as they > ideally > should be, but that's just human nature, and they all come around to doing > the > right thing eventually. It would not be very helpful if we all thought, "I > know that > whatever theory I come up with will almost certainly be proved wrong given > enough > time, so I won't bother coming up with a theory at all." > > Stathis Papaioannou _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
