[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

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Quoting Micah <micah at roarkplumbing.com>:

> Platt,
> 
> That is not the prevailing view of science. Both science and religion begin
> with the unproven assumption that reality exists independent of humans.

Well a lot of scientists do buy that assumption, but some of the quantum guys
say observation collapses the wave function to create the world we know.
So science in general seems to be of two minds. I'm not sure about religion.

> Which is an assumption Pirsig does not make.

He doesn't? 

> Why do you make that assumption?

Because I find no evidence that the termites who may be feasting on the foundation
of my house depend on my observation for their existence.

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