From: Jay Willingham (jaywillingham@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 22:22:32 EDT
Whilst we are waxing most philosophical....
Perhaps that accurately describes only physical science and that there are
other species of knowledge, or science.
Of course, one might posit that eventually all phenomena will be measured.
Then again, in the eternal now, do time and measure even matter?
Does not God sit looking at all matter throughout all time at once, as if he
was looking at a tabletop train set?
Forgive me if I digress.
Jay Willingham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexanian, Moorad" <alexanian@uncw.edu>
To: "D. F. Siemens, Jr." <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
Cc: <michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk>; <hvantill@chartermi.net>;
<gmurphy@raex.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 9:33 PM
Subject: RE: ID science (subtopic 2)
> Scientists do look and record but, in principle, the data collected by
looking and recording can be done by machines. It may be cheaper and more
convenient for a scientist, as physical device, to take data but such data
collecting can be always done, in principle, by purely physical devices. It
is easy to design a physical device that can measure the lengths of things.
Man is part physical and as such can collect data, but if such data cannot
be called by purely physical devices, then such data does not constitute
part of the subject matter of science. I find no other definition of
science that makes it clear that science ought to be objective and deal
solely with the physical aspect of reality. Moorad
>
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