Re: There is no gap between philosophy and physics - is belief evil?

From: Bilge (dubious_at_radioactivex.lebesque-al.net)
Date: 07/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:10:34 -0000

 Robert J. Kolker:
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>Bilge wrote:
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>> Does that mean nature doesn't operate according to any rules?
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>Nature does what it does.
 
>Our law or rules are just good guesses and models of the real thing.

  Why are rules we discover not the ones by which nature abides?
Your comment iss equivalent to what religions say about man not
understanding god. Cloaking the idea in technical garb, doesn't
change the concept underneath to something other than religion.
 
>The Map is not the Territory.

  Your analogy is false, unless your map contains everything needed to
construct the territory it maps, in which case, the map is the territory.
 
>> >The most a theory can do is model some of the observables of nature and
>> >postulate hypothetical causes to account for them.
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>> In that case, the bible would have to considered a scientific theory.
>
>If taken literally it has been falsified so can be disregarded. If taken
>as an inerrant pronouncement of God is is not falsifiable therefore not
>a scientific anything.

  Apparently, neither is any scientific theory, since it depends upon
being interpreted according to human concepts that have no connection
to nature. Just like the bible.

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