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Thread #103615   Message #2114726
Posted By: TheSnail
30-Jul-07 - 10:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: The End of Science in Texas...
Subject: RE: BS: The End of Science in Texas...
Alice

The scientific method is a tool, not a belief system.

OK. I'll go along with that.

Science, from the Latin "scire", to know,

But....

"Some people think that science is about knowing but they are wrong. Science is about not knowing. Knowing, we leave to religion."

Dr. Jack Cohen (reproductive biologist)

(May not be an exact quote. It's a long time since I heard him say it but that was the gist.)