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

[Jeff Bone]

On Nov 28, 2007, at 9:54 PM, Paul Jimenez wrote:

> 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.

+1.

jb