Fallible. your ideas seem to belong more to "knock the revs" thread but they remind me of the moment in "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" when the multitude believed the Deep Thought Computer was about to tell them the answer to the question of the meaning of life. Two philosophers burst in and (with some deletions) the conversation goes like this:
"I'll tell you what the problem is mate," said Majikthise, "demarcation, that's the problem!"
"You just let the machines get on with adding up," warned Majikthise, "and we'll take care of the eternal verities thank you very much."
"That's right," shouted Vroomfondel, "we demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!"
Sums up the difference between religion and science? Mind you this post probably belongs on the "Science Fiction" thread. But I love the rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty bit.
Last edited by terrytnewzealand; 02/07/07 09:04 PM.
