http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15717188&fsrc=rss
Evaluation of the social does get some attention Slip. 'Fair play' is the target in the link above, eventually suggesting some link with world religions as a possibly progressive force in bringing it about, which might not withstand our 'peer review'. Of course, a bunch of creationist peers ain't going to help much with truth. On 21 Mar, 02:21, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > I have no idea how i missed this thread, but WTF? NOTHING is true if > you can't prove it. A truly great mind finds a truth and then spends > the rest of their life proving it. It doesn't matter what diderot > called it, he was a theist of the worst sort. He believed that any > action we take to avoid death or injury was in conflict with his > little gods decision was... > > On Mar 6, 11:06 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH YOU CANNOT PROVE IT?" > > > Great minds can sometimes guess the truth before they have either the > > evidence or arguments for it (Diderot called it having the "esprit de > > divination"). What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove > > it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/minds-eye?hl=en.
