Harry, It seems to me that humans invest more import into what is unknowable - the mystery - than into the mundane & complex stuff about which we can know a bit. Makes social contracts in a globalized world nearly impossible to form and keep functional.
Steve =============== (addressing Keith & others incl me) Perhaps the major difference between the scientist and the philosopher is that the philosopher's imaginings are complete, whereas the scientist's hypotheses must be tested by observation and experiment. You know Classical Political Economy divides the universe into Land, Labor, and Products - which are natural resources, human exertion, and the material results of exertion. So, where does God - or a Supreme Being - come in these three categories? Harry -- http://magma.ca/~gpco/ http://www.scientists4pr.org/ Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.--Kenneth Boulding
