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- From: edw@distant.uucp (Ed Watkeys)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Characterization of quack theories
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 07:59:53 EST
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- In article <1jgjvkINNmfr@gap.caltech.edu> (sci.skeptic), carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
- > In article <schumach.726889263@convex.convex.com>, schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes:
- > >Admittedly, learning ONLY facts and never method leaves one fit only
- > >to be a tradesman, but first things first: learning method and never
- > >facts leaves one fit only to be a philosopher.
- >
- > Hey, wait a minute! Don't disparage tradesmen like that. They serve useful
- > functions, and Steven Jay Gould, for one, describes himself as a tradesman.
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- Furthermore, I think you're being awfully unfair to philosophers. Your
- characterization may be true of _inept_ philosophers, but I can't think of
- any reason why philosophers are _a priori_ ignorant of facts relevant to their
- field. What about Jim Lippard? Would you characterize him as being
- fact-impaired?
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- > Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
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