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From: "Krimel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Science and Values
[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
Krimel,
Science has screwed women royally. They're still screwing woman royally.
Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of totally unnecessary hysterectomies,
mastectomies and cesarean births. None of these things have happened to me,
but I know the score. The medical establishment is not snipping away balls,
of course. Men get Viagra. And I only need to spend an occasional day at
my son's to see the pharmaceutical ads on the television. Give me a break!
I am not a scientist, but I do get awed by the photos from the Hubble
Telescope. I get goosebumps reading of the double-slit experiment. There's
much in science that I find beautiful and amazing. Much you shared with me.
But it could never serve as a surrogate for truth. Not for me.
Reading your posts I get the impression you worship science. I find that
sick!
Marsha
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