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I'm sorry, I noticed an editorial error after I posted. Where I said 'science' above I meant to say 'materialism' (i.e. a totally naturalistic, with no supernatural, explanation for the world). Science is not a complete philosophy because it is merely a observational method.
It is possible to edit your messages, rather than post a second correctional message (see the "edit" button at the bottom of the various messages?). In the above case, you could have gone back and changed that "science" to "materialism". I feel that such a change is only appropriate if done immediatly, before anyone has a chance to respond. Even then, including a message explaining what editing was done, is a nice thing.
If a significant time has passed, between the creation of the message and the edit, it is especially important that the nature of the edit be made explicit. It could be done by adding (when editting) a message such as "Added by edit: Please substitute 'materialism' for 'science' in the above message". Or just by making the change, and then adding something along the lines of "Note: by edit, 'materialism' has been substituted for 'science' in the above message.
Without such added information, it's not really fair to change the content of your message, after the fact.
An edit explanation message is a nice thing, even if the edit was only to correct typos, spelling errors, etc.
Adminnemooseus
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[This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 02-26-2003]
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