Re: Musings on Nasa and the Concept of Truth.

From: Dennis M. Hammes (scrawlmark_at_arvig.net)
Date: 08/09/04 

Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 16:12:15 GMT

Sander Vesik wrote:
>
> In sci.space.policy Jonathan <anon@earthlink.com> wrote:
> >
> > I agree completely. But much of the world fervently believes in
> > a personal god. This discovery would show that we are but
> > a drop in an ocean of life. It would be a direct challenge to
> > fundamentalists and creationists all over the world.
>
> Really? want to give a cite for the "much of the world fervently
> believes in a personal god"? Because unless you do some very radical
> restrictiuons of what the world is, it does not appear to be anywhere
> near truth.
>
> [snip]
>
> >
> > The daily paper constantly drips with the blood of such religious
> > extremism, we fear sparking more of it with good reason.
>
> Maybe you should move town?
>
> > >
> > > Scientific truth is *not* subject to majority vote. On some matters,
> > > interpretations abound, but whatever the final facts are, they are
> > > independent of wether 51% believe in them, or not.
> >
> >
> > I completely disagree.
> >
> >
> > Truth is that which is unchanging, fixed or predictable. Such as
> > the great 'laws' and 'facts' of science.
> >
> > Please point to me one thing in the universe that is unchanging, fixed
> > or predictable. JUST ONE THING!
>
> The rest masses of elemntary particles.

The charge quantities of elementary particles.
  The spin of elementary particles.
  The valence thresholds of elements.
  The Fraunhofer lines at various e = hv.
  E = W + h.
  Quantity is bounded by itself.

(He /really/ hates that last one.)
>
> >
> > The only 'truth' of the universe is that there is ...no...truth.
> > There is only what we believe to be true, and we arrive at those
> > 'truths' by consensus.
>
> Bull***.

Yes, he did misspell "consensus," dintee.
>
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > s
> >
> Sander
>
> +++ Out of cheese error +++

Heh. Suffer that myself. 

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