On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:03:04 -0600 Greg Kifer <gsanda@TFS.NET> writes:
I propose to define science as any systematic observation
of a phenomenon.
Would this definition include :
Bird watching?
Inflation and devaluation of the dollar?
Increases in pornography?
Predictions based on ..... (Graphology) (Palm reading) (Phrenology) (Tea
leaf readings).....?
Fishing?
Voice development for Singing?
Dancing?
Teenager antics?
Proliferation of ........... (fads) (fashions) (morals) etc etc etc ?
Systematic Deceptions?
Pseudo sciences?
Stock market forecasting?
Weather forecasting?
Art appreciation?
Mass productions and theater productions?
Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where physics is a science and the other so-called "sciences" are
interesting .... only
insofar as they relate to physics)