On 26/9/2007 3:14 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Harry Veeder wrote: > >>> "If knowledge is power and power corrupts... how will humankind >> ever survive?" >>> >>> Good question! >>> >>> - Jed >>> >> >> >> IF knowledge is power. >> >> The problem lies with a power driven philosophy of knowledge - >> Bacon's legacy. > > I think Bacon was right, whether we like it or not. (And I like it! I > am a shameless technophile, and will be until we blow ourselves up or > destroy the planet with global warming.) > > Lord Acton was also right, but I think he had in mind a different > kind of power -- political power over other people. Not power over > nature. At least, I hope not.
Since people are made from nature too, power over nature implies power over people. Harry > By the way, that video was fun! A must see for all cold fusion > researchers. And the protagonist had a point. A megaton explosion > would convince the skeptics, by golly. Let's hope we can do it with > less drastic means. > > - Jed >
