From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:09:29 -0800, hermes wrote:   
      
   > MikeH wrote:   
   >> At some time in our history, "Science" gave us a flat Earth, Phlogiston and   
   >> told us that heavier than air flight was impossible. Our poets and dreamers   
   >> encouraged to see beyond mere evidence and we created the supposedly   
   >> impossible. If we had waited for proof we would not have the many wonderful   
   >> technologies that we have today. Open minds gave us the future and will   
   >> continue to do so.   
   >   
   > I agree with about 10% of the above.   
   >   
   > Science has its limitations, no doubt.   
      
   Of course; but focussing on what it can do best has brought huge benefits,   
   as you seem to agree.   
      
   > David Mitchell wrote:   
   >> Regardless of how important these events were to you, they remain   
   >> "anecdotal at best" unless you have some means of proving them.   
   >   
   > I think you should be more friendly (or plain friendly).   
      
   That depends on what you think I am trying to achieve.   
      
   > Some events in our lives are not evidential; however, we are   
   > uncomfortable   
   > with your label: anecdotal, if not worse.   
      
   I think you mean "anecdotal at best".  If you want to citicise, please   
   crit what I actually _said_.   
      
   > Cl.Massé wrote:   
   >> The only correct behaviour is to devise   
   >> other observations (waking up sooner, using a recorder...)   
      
   Agreed.   
      
   > What if the event won't repeat itself ? Some events don't.   
      
   Then the scientific method has nothing to say about them (sorry; but at   
   least it recognises its own limitations).   
      
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