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

[Paul Jimenez]

On Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007, "Lion Kimbro" writes:
>On Nov 28, 2007 5:15 PM, Jeff Bone <jbone at place.org> wrote:
>> And that kind of meaning, I would say, is the only kind of meaning
>> that is meaningful.
>
>  Where does this attitude come from?
>
>  Have you gone from anti-religion,
>  to just anti-meaning period?
>
>  This reminds me of the craziness of some primitivists,
>  who are against even conception of time and number.
>
>  I'm not sure you're very far from them, right now!

I think his reasoning goes like this: all experience is essentially
subjective, so the only way to truly communicate is via shared
experience, so science - which depends on reproducible experiences
- is much better at communicating meaning than other methods, since
any method of sharing meaning that leaves the experience open to
interpretation is incomplete. Only by guaranteeing that anyone can
reproduce the experience can any meaning be shared. 

The thing about the scientific truth is, it's true whether anyone
believes in it or not.

  --pj