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Jure Sah <jure.sah at guest.arnes.si> wrote in message news:39A2DF2D.7D4CE3F7 at guest.arnes.si...
> zombywuf wrote:
> > > We think of things differently. I place philosophy with religion. I place
> > > cognitive science with religion.
> >
> > I hate this. Philosophy is mearly the act of trying to establish truth (or a working copy) through the means > of discussion and
> > thought.
>> To put it in other words: A philosopher is trying to make people believe
> in his philosophy. And the word "believe" is a general part of religion.
Weak man. Very, very weak.
> > Any good scientist needs to be a philosopher.
>> Only if he wishes for people to believe him.
See above.
> > Science is slightly more than just looking at something and writing it down,
>> Er, really? Gees, now I'll have to change the program I was just
> making...
"More than" means that it includes this but goes further. I once read somewhere that a bad historian will ell you what happend when,
a good historian will tell you what when and why, and an excellent historian will tell you what would have happend had a given event
not happend. (excessively paraphrased) The same is true of a scientist.
> > just because religion has poisend thought in many otherwise sensible individuals doesn't mean everyone has
> > to stop thinking.
>> But do they think anyway? Or do they just boldly follow their
> philosophy?
Who ever it is you are talking about, philosophy is not about following a philosophy. Thats called being a sheep, religious, etc...
Thinking about the world around you and trying to work out what the hell just happend, that's philosophy.
> SNIP
> Sorry, but as far as I saw, every thing that was once considered as
> chaotic in nature has ben found to simply follow a set of rules,
> therefore it is nonsense to use that term as a (part of a) fact
> anywhere.
You obviously don't understand chaos theory then.
> V yvxr Zvpeb$bsg!
They acknowledge the existance of ROT13. After that there is nothing good to say about them.
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