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|    David Mitchell to lorz    |
|    Re: WHY I INVESTIGATE OBE    |
|    16 Feb 05 07:15:12    |
      From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk              On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:36:55 -0500, lorz wrote:              > David Mitchell wrote:       >> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:18:03 -0500, lorz wrote:       > I was repeating you in regard to science. I meant science will for the       > time being. It will or might be subject to change with future findings.              Oh I see, yes, you're right - science will never be able to claim       "absolute" knowledge, 'cos that's not how it works - but it always       continues to approach it.              >>>I agree subjectiveness won't ever be the authority *but* it may help to       >>>understand and perhaps eliminate possibilities. I'm just saying it's a       >>>useful tool as well.       >> MMV       >       > Does that mean it isn't useful at all, in your opinion?              We'd have to define "subjectivity" a little more closely for me to be       _that_ dogmatic; and I'm aware that there are circumstances in which       subjective experience _is_ the phenomenon under investigation - but,       generally, no.              --       =======================================================================       = David --- If you use Microsoft products, you will, inevitably, get       = Mitchell --- viruses, so please don't add me to your address book.       =======================================================================              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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