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  • From: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] art vs. science
  • Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:56:02 -0600

Hello all:

a. countless permutations exist for assembling the billions of parts that
comprised the moon mission. but only one narrow, precise, assembly of those
parts yielded a correct & successful mission.

http://www.marklarson.com/genecernan/images/cernan_moon.jpg

b. likewise, numerous different & competing translations of the masoretic
text exist. but agreement as to one correct translation occurs not.

http://www.biblestudytools.com/cjb/proverbs/passage.aspx?q=proverbs+12:2-22

and is that the difference between art & science? the former allows the
consumer to choose whatever truth suits him. but the latter
imposes a single truth on the consumer.

Can it be? the art of the masoretic text teaches "choose whatever word
meanings suit you; and be happy;" whereas science instructs: "choose
carefully and wisely, lest you crash ... and burn."

the science of numbers encodes precision; but the art of language achieves
but approximation?

regards,

fred burlingame




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