[MD] Science and Values

[MarshaV]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Krimel" <Krimel at Krimel.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Science and Values


> [Arlo]
> This struck some MOQ chords with me.
>
> http://www1.umn.edu/ships/ethics/values.htm
>
> [Marsha]
> It's a very fair article. Thanks for posting it.
>
> [Krimel]
> Is that fair as in one thumb up and one thumb down? Or fair as in just? I
> thought it was excellent and fair as in just. It would be hopelessly
> optimistic to think Platt would find an answer in it to his repeated
> confusion about the scientific answers to childish "Why?" questions. But 
> the
> answer is certainly there.
>
> I thought his "cognitive resources" sounded identical to Pirsig's
> intellectual glasses and found this particularly to the point:
>
> "An individual's cognitive resources will be drawn from his or her 
> culture,
> limiting what any one person can contribute to science. Further, because
> each person's biography and intellectual training are unique, cognitive
> resources will differ from individual to individual, even within the same
> culture. Hence, one may well expect disagreement or variation in
> interpretation in any scientific community. Far from being an obstacle to
> developing consensus, however, the variation of a community can be a
> valuable resource. That is, only conclusions that are robust across 
> varying
> interpretations will tend to be widely perpetuated"


Krimel,

I cannot worship science any more than I can worship god.  It was fair.

Marsha