XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: science@scientific.net   
      
   Some time ago, David Raleigh Arnold  wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 08:30:15 -0700   
   >Tang Huyen  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 8/27/2016 7:48 AM, Kitty P wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > "Wilson"   
   >>   
   > Everyone knows that   
   >> > western medicine fails a lot -   
   > but we seem to need to believe.   
   >   
   >Science is not about   
   >things you know, or about things   
   >you think that you know. Science   
   >is about how you know.   
   >   
   >Having said that, western medicine   
   >is not as scientific as it should be,   
   >and other medicine is not scientific   
   >at all.   
   >   
   >There is no evidence that ejaculating   
   >onto a sacrifice stone dedicated to   
   >the earth goddess (Astarte==Easter)   
   >ever helped to produce   
   >a better harvest.   
      
   A recent study unearthed a statistical correlation   
   valid enough to suggest the workers worked more,   
   and thus produced a better harvest in those times   
   by virtue of their release of testosterone while the   
   ritual was being performed on the sacrificial stone.   
      
   It was during an episode of Sports Science,   
   documented on cable channels world-wide and oh   
   the thrill of victory it was.   
      
   > It was both   
   >western and middle eastern, but   
   >it was never scientific.   
      
   Probability theory indicates science is probably   
   as correct as it can be corrected for, theoretically.   
      
   Sports are always scientific, because, well,   
   that's just how sporting events are played and good   
   sportsmanship always wins and quitters never do.   
      
   And that's science.   
      
   >It remains to be seen whether   
   >JudeoChristianism will have a longer   
   >run than Baal and that gang with   
   >their magical practices, but magic   
   >is not science. Metta, Rale   
      
   It also remains to be seen if Bach or the Beatles   
   will have a longer run after adjusted for inflation.   
   But economics is not a real science.   
      
   Cooking, how to cook, exactly, and precisely, is also   
   able to be seasoned according to taste, scientifically.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)