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- From: "S.K. Harrison" <skh23ca@yahoo.com>
- To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: knowledge, wisdom, words
- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:47:03 -0500 (EST)
> From: "JLKAUFMANN" <jlkaufmann@tenforward.com>
> Evolution, for example, is NOT science -- it
> has never been observed, nor repeated, and so,
> is a belief. <snip>
As with our unnamed friend at bmn@iglou.com, I
will not enter into an argument here regarding
the veracity of evolution. Suffice to say, I
challenge you to make your claims to professional
biologists. Unless you were to choose cranks,
your assumptions would be shredded in short
order.
> If we put all the best scientists, with all the
> best equipment together, they could NOT make
> that one seed.
On the contrary, some day humans might be making
that seed. See Eric Drexlers FAQ on molecular
nanotechnology:
www.foresight.org/NanoRev/FIFAQ.html
For the those manning the anti-biotech guns, I am
not advocating nanotech here and do not want to
enter into an ethical debate about this. I want
to correct John's confusion in this instance
between knowledge, wisdom and science.
As an aside, I consider ethical questions one
aspect of the more general wisdom.
Sean
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knowledge, wisdom, words,
JLKAUFMANN, 12/12/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: knowledge, wisdom, words, bmn, 12/12/2001
- knowledge, wisdom, words, S.K. Harrison, 12/13/2001
- Re: knowledge, wisdom, words, John Cropper, 12/13/2001
- Re: knowledge, wisdom, words, John Cropper, 12/13/2001
- Re: knowledge, wisdom, words, Tarliman2, 12/14/2001
- Re: knowledge, wisdom, words, Toby Hemenway, 12/16/2001
- Re: knowledge, wisdom, words, John Schinnerer, 12/16/2001
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