Hey MP, > However, faith precedes reason. Skepticism IMO is the failure of reason to > accept that preconditional aspect of faith.
Excellent point, MP. Separating faith from reason or any other intellectual process is just plain dumb. Why? Simply because all intellectual processes rest on underlying, faith-based assumptions. Case in the point: the underlying assumptions of SOM: Faith-based metaphysical assumptions of the scientific worldview: Determinism--all effects emerge from prior natural causes Reductionism--complex phenomena can be explained by isolating simple elements and processes Empiricism--reality grounded in sensory phenomena Materialism--matter/energy is the source of all phenomena including human intelligence Externalism--nature and its laws exists independent of human observation Mechanism--basic processes stem from causes that can often be formulated in mathematical terms Experimentalism--models of cause and effect must be tested by repeated measurements Evolutionism--continuous development is brought about by blind chance and natural selection Emergentism--some phenomena occur as the result of self-organizing patterns Conditionalism--new discoveries may invalidate current theories To defend their faiths, some scientists and their acolytes are prone to mock, demonize and marginalize competing views, using highly emotive language and implying that all "intelligent" people must agree with them. Thankfully there are individuals like yourself who are able to see that the SOM emperor has no clothes. Regards, Platt 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/
