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[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.
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?