[FoRK] Faith and/or Science - Newton et al

[Jeff Bone]

On Nov 28, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> On Nov 28, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Tom Higgins wrote:
>> * How an science be taught in a culture that fights to insert  
>> religion
>> into every aspect of teaching?
>>   * Can the science be taught by the  true believers in a real and
>> meaningfully scientific way?
>
> Don't ask me, ask Isaac Newton:
>
> http://www.adherents.com/people/pn/Isaac_Newton.html
>
> Oh wait, he obviously doesn't count as a "real" scientist by the  
> usual standards of FoRk, so obviously he has nothing to teach you...

BECAUSE Newton didn't have the benefit of said epistemological  
method, he managed to produce an awful lot of complete crap (i.e.,  
alchemy and other complete hogwash.)  Perhaps that makes the bits he  
got right all that much more impressive;  but it certainly doesn't  
suggest that his process of discovery was something to be emulated.

jb