scary things at CRTC

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 02:11:20PM -0400, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> I'll reply to this and then to Giles' message.  I'll not add anything
> further to this thread after that.
> 
> I agree with Dave and don't see any reason to disagree with you except
> for the "anti-science hogwash."  It's not anti-science at all, in fact
> it's proof.
> 
> All science comes down to is this:  A theory is valid and acceptable
> until a better theory comes along.  This requires a certain amount of
> faith.  Consider that we, as a species, are still struggling with very
> difficult concepts.  What is thought?  Why can we question and
> investigate things -- curiosities, origins, and even existence itself.
>  Science is great (I love it anyway) but it's hardly complete.

That's why they call them theories.  Some things they call laws.
There is a difference.  There seems to be very few things called laws.

> As a person who's wanted to "be a scientist" since I was I child
> (about 7yrs old) I don't see any conflict between these points of
> view.

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Len Sorensen
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