From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Wed Nov 12 2003 - 21:00:25 GMT
Johnny comments:
> Platt answers Wim about how to determine truth:
>
> "Direct experience of the matter in dispute. Wasn't it Galileo who tried
> to convince the clergy to directly experience his truth by looking
> through his telescope, but they refused? "
>
> Yes, Platt, this is true. I was there, directly expriencing this, and I
> remember it like it was happening right now. Galileo is wearing a red
> robe and slippers, and the clergy all have strong body odor.
>
> Even two people who experience the same thing sometimes disagree about
> what they experienced.
So if you were there and saw Galileo in a red robe and slippers and
smelled the body odor of the clergy, would you say you were wrong if
another person there said Galileo was in a blue robe and slippers and
the clergy smelled like lilac blossoms? If three people said so? A
hundred people? You're familiar with the story of the "Emperor's New
Clothes" aren't you?
Are you sure that your statement that "Even two people sometimes
disagree about what they experienced" is true. How do you know?
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