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What does life do outside of science?

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tsig
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Message 46 of 112 (243129)
09-13-2005 9:04 PM 		Reply to: Message 12 by PurpleYouko
09-12-2005 3:51 PM

Re: I don't get it at all
IMO "outside of science" is a meaningless concept.
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Thank you. I didn't know that Ben had used my remark to start a new topic so there were 45 responses before I saw it.
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09-13-2005 9:17 PM 		Reply to: Message 34 by Silent H
09-13-2005 1:43 PM

no need
Do you believe a person would not develop a moral system of some kind without others to interact with?
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Why would they need it?
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09-13-2005 9:28 PM 		Reply to: Message 45 by Ben!
09-13-2005 8:39 PM

What are they?
There are lots of things outside the scientific method.
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Yay!
If these 'things" are outside the scientific method, then they are unknowable by any ordinary application of the mind. Why should we care about them?
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ps. please tell me the next time you use one of my responses to start a thread.
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09-14-2005 6:25 PM 		Reply to: Message 51 by robinrohan
09-14-2005 12:58 AM

Re: More unscientific questions
Have I done right by my children?
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Should I take this job or not?
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Am I a fool?
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What should I cook tonight?
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Do I look good in this outfit?
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Should I attend this meeting?
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Why don't I have any luck?
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Am I attractive?
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Should I vote for this candidate?
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Is life really worth living?
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Should I pull the trigger, or not?
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Almost all of your questions center on"I", therefore you are the only one who can answer them. You may use science, an old book or whatever else meets your desires.
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09-14-2005 8:18 PM 		Reply to: Message 58 by crashfrog
09-14-2005 7:37 PM

Re: More unscientific questions
Oddly enough, these are questions that, when they arise in my life, I often approach with an empirical methodology. Consider all the evidence, draw the most reasonable conclusion with the least amount of untestable assumptions.
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Scientific? No; I don't publish or peer-review. But a kind of low-fidelity scientific method? Sure.
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Yes, if we didn't do this we would spend a lot of time walking into closed doors.
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09-14-2005 8:32 PM 		Reply to: Message 57 by robinrohan
09-14-2005 7:27 PM

Re: More unscientific questions
That makes them unscientific. Otherwise, anyone with scientific knowledge could answer them. Nonetheless, such questions cover a large area of our lives.
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Then how do you answer such questions?
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I do it by fact-checking.
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Does my wife love me? Well the fact that she filed for divorce is an indicator.
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Am I raising my kids right? Well the oldest is doing time for murder.
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see?
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No real facts were used in writing this.
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09-14-2005 9:30 PM 		Reply to: Message 61 by robinrohan
09-14-2005 9:11 PM

Re: common sense
That's common sense, not scientific method.
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Hi RR,
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I think science is just common sense with notes.
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Thanks.
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