[Krimel] I agree. And "...because God said so" lets lots of folks sleep well.
After all precision can be the destroyer of dreams. --------------------------- Hi Krim I'd suggest that the concepts also lead sometimes to more precision, eg. heat as a liquid (metaphor) lead to ideas about how to measure it. DM ---------------------------------- > [Krimel] > I like to think of disciplines and sets of metaphors as the hands of > blindmen touching an elephant. The more hands we feel through, the better > conceptual elephant we can construct. But the elephant we share with each > other will be function of Bohr's trade off between precision and clarity. > > Zoom in, Zoom out, Refocus. > > ------------------------------------------ > Hi Krim > > Actually your intellectual history is perhaps misleading here. > There is an intersting book called God and the Universe that > is about how metaphors and concepts in all > kinds of disciplines (from science to theology) > move around between disciplines and inspire progress. One man's > vague is another man's insight perhaps. Arthur > Gibson was the author I think. > > David M > > >> [Platt] >> As I've said many times, I like Pirsig's explanation of the beginning of >> life. >> It beats "oops" IMO. It also harmonizes with the rest of his metaphysics. >> >> [Krimel] >> There is nothing in this account that 'explains' the beginning of life. >> >> It is kind a poetic description that provides the illusion of an >> explanation. >> >> How does saying that the Dynamic force invents different kinds of >> molecules differ from God saying, "Let there be Life"? > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
