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From: pindor@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: Randomness is a human concept (was Re: Time is a human concept)
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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 19:23:37 GMT
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In article <3a82ve$e84@news.acns.nwu.edu>,
John DeLaughter <jed@nam.earth.nwu.edu> wrote:
.........
>
>Science is not a religion; the goals and methods of science are orthogonal
>to those of religion.  Science is a method of understanding how the
>universe works, and that's all that it is.  But what an all!
>
Let me comment on this difference in methods of science and religion.
Science tries to understand how the universe works by applying reason (logic)
to empirical data, i.e. it is a logical structure built upon such data.
Religion accepts 'illumination' (internally generated truths with no empirical
support) and does not shy away from inconsistencies, which believers are asked
to live with.

>John DeLaughter

Andrzej
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Andrzej Pindor                        The foolish reject what they see and 
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pindor@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca                           Huang Po
