January 2002: Re: Pasteur and nature of science (original) (raw)

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Gordon Simons wrote:

> If I ever came to believe what you say about the relationship between
> "observations and experiments" and "scientific knowledge," I would abandon
> my career. I have been taught and believe that data (observations) are
> the life-blood of science, and that I have a moral responsibility to
> handle, report, and, where possible, interpret data with both care and
> honesty.
>

Respectfully,

Maybe YOU are somehow different, but if science was so
apolitical, would Boltzmann have refrained from committing
suicide? His ideas have strongly influnced moderned physics,
but the "establishment" sure showed their "unbiased" and
"welcoming" attituded toward unfamiliar ideas in that
situation.

A little reading into the history of science
does not speak well for the lives and experiences
of many of the original thinkers we greatly respect
and admire today and probably never will. and no
need to jump on the PoMo bandwagon for that.

by Grace we proceed,
Wayne

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