Is there progress in science? Is not science a human endeavour? Aren't all
scientific laws, theories, propositions, facts, hypotheses, the product of
human consciousness?
>From: Eva Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>that is what human progress is about. We are able to learn
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>"Human progress" is not science -- else it would be explicitly defined and
>measured.
>
>The belief in human progress seems an attempt to make sense out of our
>senseless lives and transcend our personal deaths.
>
>As part of something larger we believe we can live forever and make
>"progress", but as individuals, the best we can hope for is a painless
>death.
>
>Jay
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