GRAHAM:
>From the perspective of the information that can be gained sitting on a beach
watching the sun travel across the sky, the belief
that the world is flat, or that the world is round, are simply opinions.
However, when information from a reliable source arrives,
perhaps a photo taken from the moon, or a report of someone's journey around
the world, the belief that the world is round changes
its status from opinion to knowledge. Uncertainty is reduced to zero.
ERIN'S REPLY:
My values are digging their hills in the ground and I am screaming NOOOOOOOO!!
I see on a daily basis people who treat science as a religion and your claim
that uncertainty is reduced to zero shows this. You can never prove anything,
you can only show support for or against.
Grant me some leniage here but imagine a huge conspiracy into making people
believe the world is round. Have you personally seen the earth from the moon?
Even if you had do you think it is possible that your sense organs tricked you
into seeing this?
There was a particular quote I wanted to put her but couldn't remeber who said
it - it goes something like this "a man going into science so he can know
something for sure is a man entering the priesthood so he can pick up women"
Now you may think i am a conspiracy nut. I am not. I am just firmly against
reducing uncertainty to zero. Never!
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