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Subject: I agree


Author:
Duane
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Date Posted: 09/ 7/04 7:51am
In reply to: QUITTNER 's message, "Interesting explanations" on 09/ 3/04 2:28pm

QUITTNER:

>Duane, I am reminded of what Newton is supposed to
>have said (I'm quoting from memory): that all the
>knowledge he had was like the (volume of the) sea
>shell he held in his hand, while the remainder of all
>the (available?) knowledge was like the (volume of
>the?) sea out there.

OK. I agree.

>..... So what? We should deal with what we got, never
>mind useless and time-wasting speculations.

If you define "what we got" as the set of objective phenomena, and "useless and time-wasting speculations," as speculations about a supernatural "god," what he's like, what he "wants" us to do, etc., etc., then I also agree with this.

Duane

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