[Phys-L] Re: Rules of Science (was Re: god friendly science)

[Larry Smith <larry.smith@SNOW.EDU>]

At 2:31 PM -0400 5/24/05, Brian Blais wrote:
> 1) Fundamentalism, of all sorts, is anti-science.  The rules of science
> do not support the blind acceptance of any statement, regardless of the
> authority or even the reasonableness of the arguments.  There have been
> too many authorities and reasonable arguments that have been
> demonstrated to be false.  Nature is the final arbiter.

Fundamentalism, as you have defined it, is what I would call "not science"
as opposed to "anti-science."   Compartmentalization allows blind
acceptance of (religious) statements in one arena and good science in
another (orthogonal, as you put it) arena.  Orthogonal doesn't have to be
anti.

Larry
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