[MD] Faith/Skepticism

[MarshaV]

At 01:53 PM 2/27/2009, you wrote:
> >[Krimel]
> >The tale of a giant dung beetle rolling the sun across the heavens
> > is no more or less reassuring than Copernicus and Newton.
> >But if you are curious about the details of how things hang together, you
> >will gravitate toward the greater precision of a mathematical analysis of
> >celestial mechanics. If all you care about is painting pictures and
> >expressing emotion the dung beetle works just fine.
>
>Marsha
>And I suppose you are suggesting that it is an either/or
>proposition?  Science or sun pushing dung beetles?  That type of
>choice is ridiculous.
>
>[Case]
>Either/Or?
>He suggested a continuum.
>A whole, understood in terms of its extremes.
>A field of probability.

Krimel,

Two poles and points in-between, that's it?   I suppose it is one 
world-view, but is it the only choice.


Marsha

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>For most of us, either extreme would serve
>But we each find our comfort zone twixt the poles.
>We settle into coordinates along axes of
>Fear of the unknown
>And lust for precision.
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>At points in many dimensions
>It can look like shit in all directions.
>In such a spot
>Any choice must seem ridiculous.
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