> [Arlo] > This struck some MOQ chords with me. > > http://www1.umn.edu/ships/ethics/values.htm > > [Marsha] > It's a very fair article. Thanks for posting it. > > [Krimel] > Is that fair as in one thumb up and one thumb down? Or fair as in just? I > thought it was excellent and fair as in just. It would be hopelessly > optimistic to think Platt would find an answer in it to his repeated > confusion about the scientific answers to childish "Why?" questions. But > the answer is certainly there. > > I thought his "cognitive resources" sounded identical to Pirsig's > intellectual glasses and found this particularly to the point: > > "An individual's cognitive resources will be drawn from his or her > culture, > limiting what any one person can contribute to science. Further, because > each person's biography and intellectual training are unique, cognitive > resources will differ from individual to individual, even within the same > culture. Hence, one may well expect disagreement or variation in > interpretation in any scientific community. Far from being an obstacle to > developing consensus, however, the variation of a community can be a > valuable resource. That is, only conclusions that are robust across > varying interpretations will tend to be widely perpetuated"
Krimel, I cannot worship science any more than I can worship god. It was fair. Marsha Marsha, Now there's a Buddhist answer if I ever heard one. I humbly unask the question Mistress. Krimel 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/
