[FoRK] Terms - Practicing Science: Secular vs. Religious Ideology

[Jef Allbright]

On 1/11/08, Jeff Bone <jbone at place.org> wrote:
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> On Jan 11, 2008, at 9:08 PM, Sat N wrote:
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> > Like other atheists, you are very consistent Jeff.........not!!!!!
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> Oh, really?
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> Point out my inconsistency that I might rectify my error.

It might be worthwhile to point out that "a foolish consistency"
refers to a tendency to reduce any situation to a simpler, familiar
context.  So it becomes quite obvious that *consistency* over
increasing context is increasingly ineffective, in contrast with
*coherence* over increasing context which is increasingly effective.
In general, coherence is preferable to consistency.

This maps quite nicely onto Bayes Theorem.  I'd be very interested in
knowing how a devout Christian would deal with Bayes.  [Quick google
didn't turn up anything relevant.]

- Jef