Ken Collins (KPaulC at email.msn.com) wrote:
: first, there're no fish here.... i discuss Religion in places where
: Religion is discussed.
:czar at ecn.ab.ca wrote in message <378fe27d.0 at ecn.ab.ca>...
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: > In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a
: > degree that it would be perverse to withold provisional
: > assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise
: > tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time
: > in physics classrooms.
: > -Stephen Jay Gould
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: the falacy in what 'czar' quotes of S. J. Gould is that what Gould
: refers to as "fact" is only that which is construed through the 'lens'
: of that which is merely familiar.
[snipperino]
Interesting rant. Could you, or someone else provide for me a parsable
version of same? Maybe it's just me, though -- I'm pre-caffine right now.
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In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a
degree that it would be perverse to withold provisional
assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise
tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time
in physics classrooms.
-Stephen Jay Gould
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