[MD] Levels?

[MarshaV]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Krimel" <Krimel at Krimel.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Levels?


> [Marsha]
> I focused on pregnancy because its an experience I know.  This to me is
> where Western scientific thinking falls flat on it face.  It thinks it
> knows.  It develops answers to problems it thinks it knows, and then tells
> itself how wonderful it is to know so much, while it ignores all its
> mistakes.
>
> I suspect you're a scientific realist.  Are you?
>
> [Krimel]
> I don't know what a scientific realist is but I seem to collect labels 
> here
> so sure, you can slap that one on me. I like is better than religious
> fanatic but you can call me that too if you like.
>
> I think you are misunderstanding western scientific thinking because I 
> think
> it is exactly the opposite of what you say above. Science does not think 
> it
> "knows" in fact it assumes it does not and keeps asking questions hoping 
> to
> get better answers so it can ask better questions. It does not make 
> dogmatic
> statements. It makes provisional ones. In fact I think one could make the
> case that Eastern thought is much more dogmatic in this respect than 
> western
> scientific thinking which is perhaps why so many in the east are looking 
> to
> the west, not so much for answers as for how to frame questions.


Krimel,

I'm not in the mood, if you're not in the mood.  I don't see this discussion 
going anyplace of value.  Maybe another time...

Marsha