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- From: mist@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Paul Timmins)
- Subject: Re: The method of Science, the aim of Religion
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.154228.22792@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>
- Organization: Vigilantes are great goldfish
- References: <1jmoreINNbv8@SUNED.ZOO.CS.YALE.EDU> <1993Jan23.082433.6291@reed.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:42:28 GMT
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- Well, most every pseudointellectual <and intellectual> who doesnt
- embrace the concept of magic<k for the purists;> tends to veer to the
- concept of saying one must prove it scientifically, but contributes
- little. Everything is science, one way or another, religion is a
- science, but thats off the subject. I've been working on figuring
- quantative experiments based on it, and I'm sure that a good portion of
- that which is believed can be proven. I mean, chunks of hematite
- shattering is not a temp differential thing.. theres another level which
- escapes most of us. I'm babbling.
- Guess my point is, too many people try to disbelieve everything they
- learn in order to prove it true. Too many people trying to learn try to
- understand why tooo early, y'know? One must have some foundation of
- knowledge so that they can backup and examine why things are. If you're
- going to express interest in magic, try to be as accepting, and not
- skeptical at first, and let your mind be influenced. Sure a good portion
- is psychosomatic, a lot is selfinduced, but I've found it better to
- learn how, and experiment, then try to approach it scientifically. Makes
- for better research. Hmm. This was kinda convoluted.
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