Re: META: Psuedo Science

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Sep 10 1997 - 18:35:02 MDT

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YakWaxx@aol.com wrote:
>
> Personally, I think art is creativity without justification, science is
> creativity with positive justification and spirituality is creativity with
> negetive justification.
>
> --Wax

Interesting explanation. What does it do?

*I* think that Art is creation for the sake of beauty, science is discovering
or inventing explanations for How Things Work, and spirituality is finding
satisfying answers to emotionally charged issues.

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