Interesting Viewpoint On Science By Carolyn Porco

Interesting Viewpoint On Science By Carolyn Porco

hendric View Member Profile	Jan 4 2006, 06:06 AM Post #1
Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93	http://www.edge.org/q2006/q06_8.html#porco Where do I sign up? -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks -- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality.

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dvandorn View Member Profile	Jan 4 2006, 06:21 PM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15	Ah, but Richard, science does offer us a sense of satisfaction in re the deepest and most important spiritual questions -- how does the world around us work, how did we come to be here, and (at least to a certain extent) why are we here? And as for science not attempting to answer questions such as "does a part of us survive after death," I will only say that science, by its very nature, does not speculate about subjective phenomena for which there is no physical evidence. That's not a limitation of science -- it's a lesson we can learn from science. Perhaps if we spent more of our effots and energy on those phenomena that are phsyically observable, modelable and predictable, we would accomplish more -- and actually come closer to resolving those issues which revolve around the insubstantuial universe that exists, not in reality, but merely within our own heads... -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain

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hendric Interesting Viewpoint On Science By Carolyn Porco Jan 4 2006, 06:06 AM

ustrax QUOTE (hendric @ Jan 4 2006, 06:06 AM)http://... Jan 4 2006, 09:33 AM

Richard Trigaux This article is certainly thought-provoking and en... Jan 4 2006, 10:30 AM

dvandorn Ah, but Richard, science *does* offer us a sense o... Jan 4 2006, 06:21 PM

ljk4-1 "I have a terrible need of - shall I say the ... Jan 4 2006, 06:45 PM

Richard Trigaux QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jan 4 2006, 06:21 PM)Ah, bu... Jan 4 2006, 07:02 PM

dvandorn Ah, but mathematics do *not* exist independently o... Jan 4 2006, 07:33 PM

Richard Trigaux hmmmm... dvandorn, I think we should first settl... Jan 4 2006, 08:10 PM

dvandorn QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Jan 4 2006, 02:10 PM... Jan 4 2006, 08:41 PM

Richard Trigaux QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jan 4 2006, 08:41 PM)Let... Jan 4 2006, 09:00 PM

dvandorn QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Jan 4 2006, 03:00 PM... Jan 4 2006, 09:29 PM

dvandorn Oh, and FYI, the statement that all cultures have ... Jan 4 2006, 08:52 PM

tty QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jan 4 2006, 10:52 PM)Oh, an... Jan 4 2006, 09:25 PM

dvandorn QUOTE (tty @ Jan 4 2006, 03:25 PM)What exampl... Jan 4 2006, 09:32 PM

tty QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jan 4 2006, 11:32 PM)Old Ge... Jan 4 2006, 10:00 PM

Bob Shaw I grew up using old UK currency - 4 Farthings = ... Jan 4 2006, 10:53 PM

Richard Trigaux In my novels The world of Dumria the guies live on... Jan 5 2006, 09:49 AM

ljk4-1 How about this combination of religion and cosmona... Jan 6 2006, 08:17 PM

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