[MD] Science and the MOQ

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> Well, at last an answer to my question. Thanks. But why do you say all this 
> is an analogy? Analogous to what?
> 
> [Arlo]
> There are no absolute truths... including that statement.
> 
> All this is just an analogy... including this sentence.
> 
> Every form of knowledge rests on assumptions... including this one.
> 
> These all say the same thing.
> 
> So when you say, "every form of knowledge rests on assumptions", to be correct
> you need to say "based on my assumptions, every form of knowledge rests on
> assumptions". 
> 
> Unless you are saying that the knowledge that every form of knowledge rests on
> assumptions is, itself, NOT based on an assumption. Self-contradiction.
> 
> Otherwise you embrace the paradox. Just pointing that out.
> 
> "Every form of knowledge rests on assumptions" is an assumption. 
> 
> There is no escape.

Again I ask, "Analogous to what?" and "When is a form of knowledge based
on an assumption not always true?" 



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