Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:28:22 GMT

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:02:06 -0600, Albert <albertwagner@cox.net> in
comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

>Lester Zick wrote:
><snip>
>>>Those rules that we have invented and refer to as the natural
>>>laws have for us a high degree of certainty because empirical
>>>evidence seems to support them. However, our invented rules that
>>>we use to make sense of empirical evidence, may, at any time, be
>>>falsified by new empirical evidence. We may still be in the Matrix.
>>
>>
>> Technically a large amount of empirical evidence just doesn't
>> invalidate them. The matrix is our heads. We're always inside.
><snip>
>
>Give that man a cigar.

Thanks, Albert. It's been a long day.

Regards - Lester

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