Re: MD On Faith

From: David Morey (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sat Oct 16 2004 - 12:29:48 BST

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    Let's keep pushing

    Thanks
    David Morey

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    From: "Horse" <horse@darkstar.uk.net>
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    Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 12:49 AM
    Subject: Re: MD On Faith

    > Hi David (again)
    >
    > On 14 Oct 2004 at 19:21, David Morey wrote:
    >
    > > Hi Horse
    > >
    > > However, governments do claim to make rational decisions
    > > based on scientific facts, often covering up that they are
    > > really dealing in values.
    >
    > Governments make all sorts of claims - witness the current Labour Party
    climbdowns -
    > but they are generally either deliberately selective with which facts they
    base their
    > decisions on or they manufacture them in one way or another. Isn't
    opportunism a
    > wonderful thing!
    >
    > > Also they fund science and can
    > > control the science we get. But overall I don't think we are
    > > that far apart. I just have a suspicion that the science we have
    > > because of its metaphysics is giving us technology, coupled
    > > with consumerist short termism and dumbing down, etc,
    > > is part of the problem. Better science, however, I hope is
    > > part of the solution.
    >
    > I agree. Science is continually improving and there are a growing number
    of scientists
    > that are pushing at the walls of Materialism. I don't see Dawkins as one
    of them though.
    >
    >
    > Horse
    >
    >
    >
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