[MD] Science and Scientism

[John Carl]

Ian,

"If the devil is in the details, avoid the details."

I love it.  I shall be repeating it.

I agree, ignorance is valuable.  You can't have "beginner's mind" without
 ignorance.

I wouldn't want to base  my metaphysics on it, but it's a great tool with
many useful functions .
Satisfied,

John


More contentious: Ignorance is valuable too.
> We have to be selective about which details take up our attention.
> It's my "life's too short" defence, otherwise we'd all be "paddling
> logs" - to quote Dyson. If the devil is in the details, avoid the
> details I say ;-) If they matter, they'll bite us in the bum sooner or
> later, for example if we think we have a scientific hypothesis worth
> testing - but until then live dangerously (To mis-quote Horse / and
> Hunter S Thomson).
>