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  • From: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
  • To: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] art vs. science
  • Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:27:17 -0600

Hello Yigal:

Thanks for your comments.

I don't have a problem with it; but I would think dissent plenty would rise
up against that conclusion; namely, that language can achieve but
approximation, versus precision.

fascinating indeed.

regards,

fred burlingame.

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>wrote:

> In short - yes.
>
>
> Yigal Levin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of fred burlingame
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:56 AM
> To: B-Hebrew
> Subject: [b-hebrew] art vs. science
>
> 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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