On 26 November 2010 22:34, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan > >> Isn't that the whole point of science? To investigate without these >> encumberances? So that one day all of them fall within the realm of science >> and there are no more et ceteras? >> >> > I firmly believe that there will always be et ceteras and ifs, buts, > perhapses....I love the story of the sage who kept asking the god of death > for more time to live so that he could complete his knowledge. At last Yama > asked him collect all the earth there was on earth, and he could get only a > fistful. >
Possibly. In the current day and age (and my limited knowledge of science) thats more of a philosophical or ideological statement than a scientific one (heh!). "there are no more et ceteras" is the goal that every scientist works towards is it not? Even if they each have their own et ceteras, they must believe the phenomenon they are trying to explain can be thoroughly explained by science? Even Einstein believed in God. Kiran
