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- From: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
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- Subject: Re: It's the Kalki Dasa Show! (was Re: In case Bales has ...)
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 03:20:04 EST
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- Organization: Kalki's Infoline BBS, Aiken, SC, USA
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- dnash@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dave Nash) writes:
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- > >Now, ask us to prove that this Supreme Godhead has been observed, and
- > >we'll tell you how you personally can observe Him.
- >
- > This is starting to get a bit far afield, but it was too precious to pass up.
- >
- > First, we scientists are usually less interested in "proof" (in the absolute
- > sense of a mathematically or logically rigorous proof) than in coherent,
- > testable explanations of what we observe; second, even if we did have such an
- > interest, there's a bit of a problem with your approach, which the below two
- > cases should make clear:
-
- The existence of God is testable, and any experiment which purports to
- reveal Him is falsifiable. I will give you an experimental process by
- which you can personally observe God, and you can perform the
- experiment. If you follow the experimental procedure precisely in every
- detail, and you do not observe God, then you have falsified the
- hypothesis (the hypothesis being that the experiment produces
- observational evidence of God). However, since many others have already
- performed the experiment, and their findings were unanimous, you must be
- very careful to keep detailed notes of your procedures so that you will
- be absolutely sure that you did not omit even the smallest step. After
- all, this is science.
-
- Sincerely,
- Kalki Dasa
-
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