[MD] Science and the MOQ

pholden at davtv.com pholden at davtv.com
Mon Apr 7 07:47:16 PDT 2008


Quoting Krimel <Krimel at Krimel.com>:

> [Platt]
> Whether a germ knows there's an independent reality or not is debatable
> since we don't know what it's like to be a germ. That a germ knows that it's
> better for it to be in one place rather than another can be assumed by its
> behavior.
> Similarly with an electron.
> 
> [Krimel]
> If we don't know what a germ knows maybe we ought to just talk about what it
> does rather than making ass-u-me-tions about what it knows.
> Similarly with electrons.

Every form of knowledge rests on assumptions.



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