Which science majors have the fewest conservatives?

silence_kit
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:16:39 +0000

nah. if the conclusion of philosophical inquiry puts astrology and science—while mutually exclusive—on equal grounds of validity, perhaps i would conclude it is meaningless and a waste of time, after all.



on equal grounds of validity doesn’t really mean anything. these different sets of assumptions aren’t valid or not valid. they just are. it isn’t a very deep fact to say that an assumption follows from itself. i think a better way of what you are trying to say is ‘are different methodologies.’

however, if astrology starts making predictions that can be verified by observation (it does, if i’m not mistaken), and those predictions are not what you observe, then you have to throw out your senses as a means of gathering information about things, if you want to have logical consistency.

i think you are right–i can’t compell you to put stock in the scientific method & the observable world or believe in an absolute or relative morality by reason alone. that’s a decision you have to make yourself. i think that that decision is one you make on whether you like it or not.



i will concede that, philosophically, i was wrong that proving anything wrong is possible.



it’s possible to prove things to be false but this happens only within a shared set of assumptions between you & another person.

if you mean what i think you mean, thanks for admitting this. this has been my goal of this discussion. you too see the world through the lens of your pet ideology. people with different ideologies aren’t necessarily poor thinkers.