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Topic: Does science ask and answer "why" questions?
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 38 of 353 (647220)
01-08-2012 5:48 PM
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Reply to: Message 37 by cavediver
01-08-2012 5:45 PM
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Theology and Philosophy are useful tools to decide what questions to ask though.
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 40 of 353 (647223)
01-08-2012 5:59 PM
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Reply to: Message 39 by Straggler
01-08-2012 5:57 PM
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Re: Why Science?
HUH? It is a good tool to answer some questions related to the mechanics and engineering of reality.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 42 of 353 (647225)
01-08-2012 6:09 PM
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Reply to: Message 41 by Straggler
01-08-2012 6:02 PM
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Re: Why Science?
Science can tell us why chairs hold us off the floor but not where to sit; how our brain functions but not what to think.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 44 of 353 (647235)
01-08-2012 7:06 PM
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Reply to: Message 43 by Straggler
01-08-2012 6:16 PM
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Re: Why Science?
Only personal opinion can tell us where to sit or what to think although certain tools such as theology and philosophy can help us determine what questions are important to ask. The problem is that the term "why" has so many possible nuances that I think this thread is pretty much doomed from the gitgo.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 47 of 353 (647242)
01-08-2012 7:15 PM
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Reply to: Message 45 by Straggler
01-08-2012 7:13 PM
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Re: Nuances.
No it is not a science problem.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 49 of 353 (647245)
01-08-2012 7:30 PM
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Reply to: Message 48 by Straggler
01-08-2012 7:17 PM
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Re: Nuances.
What is observed? How can science observe why I think something?
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 51 of 353 (647251)
01-08-2012 8:50 PM
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Reply to: Message 50 by Modulous
01-08-2012 8:44 PM
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Re: Observations in the realm of thoughts
So you assert. Science can investigate the mechanics but that is all, it is still not the "why".
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 53 of 353 (647259)
01-08-2012 9:39 PM
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Reply to: Message 52 by Modulous
01-08-2012 9:22 PM
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Re: Observations in the realm of thoughts
I have explained what I mean, why can't you understand it?  You can the investigate the mechanics but not the actual why. As I mentioned above that is the reason this thread is ultimately futile; the actual meaning of "why" is so totally ambiguous as to make this whole effort just irrelevant. Why is as unrelated to the mechanism as art is to the medium used; as unrelated to the unique appreciation of a musical passage is to the mechanism of the medium used to play the passage.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 55 of 353 (647262)
01-08-2012 9:55 PM
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Reply to: Message 54 by Modulous
01-08-2012 9:52 PM
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Re: Observations in the realm of thoughts
If it is not a question of the mechanics behind a phenomena, then what is it? It is the phenomena itself.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 57 of 353 (647271)
01-08-2012 10:15 PM
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Reply to: Message 56 by Modulous
01-08-2012 10:01 PM
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Re: Observations in the realm of thoughts
The mechanics of why the sky is blue is easy to explain and certainly within the province of science. Why I like a blue sky is personal to me and the moment.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 59 of 353 (647315)
01-09-2012 8:47 AM
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Reply to: Message 58 by Straggler
01-09-2012 8:45 AM
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Re: Nuances.
That is still just the mechanics. Sure we can study how a hammer is made, but the process is not the hammer.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 62 of 353 (647327)
01-09-2012 9:46 AM
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Reply to: Message 60 by Straggler
01-09-2012 9:40 AM
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Re: Nuances.
I'm suggesting that the causes are not the preference.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 63 of 353 (647328)
01-09-2012 9:47 AM
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Reply to: Message 61 by Panda
01-09-2012 9:42 AM
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Re: Nuances.
I'm saying that no matter how much you study the hammer it is still not the hammer itself.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 65 of 353 (647332)
01-09-2012 9:58 AM
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Reply to: Message 64 by Panda
01-09-2012 9:49 AM
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Re: Nuances.
Too funny. You can investigate all you want but it will still not be the preference itself. You can investigate the hammer all you want but it will still never be the hammer itself. You can investigate love all you want but it will never be the experience itself. ...
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 73 of 353 (647345)
01-09-2012 11:10 AM
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Reply to: Message 66 by bluegenes
01-09-2012 10:04 AM
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Re: Nuances.
I think it is an important difference that should be noted.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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