From: Smigrodzki, Rafal (SmigrodzkiR@MSX.UPMC.EDU)
Date: Sun Jun 03 2001 - 17:50:31 MDT
Lee Corbin wrote:
I do confess that I think that there is an objective truth
to the matter. The objective truth, not surprisingly, obtains
when we align our concepts with fundamental laws, in this case
physics. In other words, we focus upon what is objectively
true about the universe, and ignore---to the greatest extent
possible for an evolutionarily derived organism---any opinion
on questions of fact coming only from our own subjectivities.
## In general I tend to agree with you but here I would object - objective
(no pun intended) truth may perhaps exist but I don't know for surem and
definitely I don't know how to find out. I know some tricks that seem to
work - like Occam's razor, arithmetics (I don't know calculus,
unfortunately), and the same tricks work for others, too. We all use them,
because guys who could't count the number of hyenas ganging up on them back
in the steppes of Afrika, died a horrible death. Yet these are just nifty
tricks, not a sure-fire recipe for truth. To invent identity-recognition
tricks that work in this coming century we'll have to use all of our
faculties, the rational ones, and the gut feelings, too.
Rafal Smigrodzki MD-PhD
Dept Neurology University of Pittsburgh
smigrodzkir@msx.upmc.edu
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