[MD] Faith/Skepticism

[MarshaV]

At 02:48 PM 2/27/2009, you wrote:
> > 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
>
>Marsha,
>
>You do well to ask these questions. A certain way of thinking seems to have
>a grip on some so as to convince them that their way is the one right way
>to think. I'm glad you challenge static patterns of thought, just as Pirsig
>did.


Platt,

I appreciate the kind words.  Thank you...


Marsha










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