Re: what is understanding?

["Michael N. Monce" <mnmon@conncoll.edu>]

On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Leigh Palmer wrote:

> I've always considered the phenomena of perception to be more than a
> metaphor for the scientific worldview. I teach my students that science
> is that branch of human endeavor which extends the limits to human
> perception. These extensions are, for example, to the perception of
> electromagnetic radiation to wavelengths and intensities normally
> outside our personal sesitivities, to other radiations (neutrinos, etc.),
> to more distant objects, to smaller objects...


	Oh my, Leigh. You have the same view as a 60's rock group:

	"To know ultraviolet, infrared, and xrays,
	 Beauty to find in so many ways.."

			The Moody Blues



				Mike Monce
				Connecticut College