John wrote:
>> Anyway, scientific knowledge is not available to all, most of us implicitly
> trust others and are in no position to independently verify a zilch of what
> we take as true.
That you *choose* not to verify something is irrelevant to the fact that it is
possible for you to do so.
> But remember that science has its own history of labelling and
> burning. Bolztmann, many would not believe Einstein until 1919 eclipse
> verification (he received his Nobel for the photo-electric effect). There
> are others, but the difference is that over time science recognizes its
> errors. The Church does too, it only took until 1992 until the Catholic
> Church officially recognized Galileo's rave and it wasn't until 1822 that
> they actually condoned the publishing of material relating to the same! Gee,
> what's wrong with waiting half a millenium to catch up?
Well it could hardly be of any consolation (not to mention reparation) to
Galileo, who was tortured by the Inquisitioners.
Moreover, there are religious fundamentalists who do not accept any changes to
their dogma.
