On Jun 27, 2009, at 2:14 AM, Russ Abbott wrote:
Feynman said that "Science is what we have learned about how not to
fool ourselves about the way the world is."
I agree. I'm not much interested in arguing whether science is just
another perspective.
What I think is important (and I guess that's just my perspective)
is that
We should do what we can to be sure we aren't fooling ourselves
about what we believe and why we believe it.
So for me science is the ultimate in self-awareness.
Be aware of what you're doing and why you think what you are thinking.
One may not always succeed, but that's the best one can do.
This is a great way of summing up what science offers. What makes me
smile is that this phrase, perfect for this context, could also be
taken straight out of a number of other approaches.
I don't care where its origin is in a particular context: if only
people could really use it like this, with this expansion of
investigation.
Thanks, Russ.
Tory
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