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Re: [Phys-L] John Lienhard on Absolutism, Evolution and Education, Engines of our Ingenuity No.2132



FORWARDING MY OWN MESSAGE. MY LAST SENTENCE HAS BEEN CORRECTED, IN RED BELOW.

DAVID MARX IS CORRECT; WE ARE NOT VERY DIFFERENT FROM THEOLOGISTS, IN THIS RESPECT.


On Jun 10, 2013, at 9:45 PM, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

On Jun 10, 2013, at 8:32 PM, marx@phy.ilstu.edu wrote:

... Why should we expect people to accept what science says, just because we
say it is so?

Nowadays, even scientists take the easy way out and just accept the
findings of scientists from other disciplines (sometimes their own
discipline), without taking the time to look at the evidence or
understanding the theoretical underpinnings.

Because it is practically impossible to avoid "accepting all findings of scientists" on the basis of personal investigations.

Ludwik Kowalski

http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/life/intro.html

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