[lit-ideas] Re: The Piano Man
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:39:24 -0400
> [Original Message]
> From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 8/23/2005 12:17:20 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Piano Man
>
>
> >That's where we're different. I do have a hard and fast belief in
science.
>
> I don't have a 'belief' in science. I just think that a proof is a proof
> and, until another one comes along to supercede it, I go with the latest
> truth. It's not a belief, it's a reaction to my rational being just
> accepting it as the most truthful explanation for now.
>
> >I don't believe in God or the supernatural under any circumstances. I
> >don't believe in UFO's. I do believe in the immense power of the mind
and
> >in the power of suggestion. I do not believe in clairvoyance. I also
> >don't believe things just are. There's an explanation for everything,
even
> >if we don't know what that explanation is.
>
> I think that's true too, but one time's explanation is another's brunt of
a
> joke. So why is anything "true" today? Why should we be so different?
>
It's different because the more shoulders we stand on, the farther away
from the ant's eye perspective we get. That's what's nice about science,
that it's willing to grow.
> >The laws of physics and the elements are constant throughout the
universe.
>
> I used to believe that.
>
Examples, please.
> >Saying things just are seems a statement of hopelessness in my opinion.
>
> Well, I'm a pretty hopeless person. But I don't think I was saying things
> just are. I was saying that I accept everything because I know absolutely
> nothing.
>
We're a long way from knowing everything, but a longer way from knowing
absolutely nothing. It's interesting that knowing absolutely nothing and
knowing everything curve in on themselves. All we need to know is in that
little book, the Bible ...
Andy
>
>
> p
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