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

[Jeff Bone]

On Jan 12, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Sat N wrote:

> If you leave open a possibility that such an archaeological artifact
> may exist, you shouldn't be in contempt of people who believe such an
> artifact exists.

This is where we fundamentally (no pun intended) disagree.

I believe it is quite justified to have contempt for people who claim  
to "know" something (i.e., who believe something) despite having no  
"sound" (my any epistemological process that I find suitable) reason  
to do so.

jb