[MD] Conventional wisdom?

[MarshaV]

Ron,

In what sense does "In this case, conventional wisdom is wrong..."  translate into "all wisdom is illusion"?  Quite a leap
 
 
 
 

On Sep 6, 2011, at 5:39 PM, X Acto wrote:

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> Steve:
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> What was so neat to hear this morning was how happy these scientists
> were to find out that they were wrong. Being wrong is the most
> exciting thing to happen to these people in a long time. Compare that
> to the dogmatism of other sorts of people.
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> The pencil is mightier than the pen!
> 
> Ron:
> Agree, but when all wisdom is illusion.....whats the point.



Ron,

In what sense does "In this case, conventional wisdom is wrong..."  translate into "all wisdom is illusion"?   


Marsha
 
 
 




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> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:43 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>> In this case, conventional wisdom is wrong...
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>> http://www.npr.org/2011/09/06/140206913/discovery-forces-scientists-to-rethink-nitrogen   (3 min, 46 sec)
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>> Shocking!



 
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