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To: dinoguy@sympatico.ca
Subject: Re: List User-related request
From: John Conway <john.a.conway@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:20:58 +0000
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I thought science was about falsifiable hypothesis and religion was about truth. Am I wrong?

Yes and no. Karl Popper -- who was the main proponent of falsifiable hypothesis defining science -- did not see it that way. For him, science was about getting *closer* to the truth, even if it was impossible to know for sure if you have reached it.

Of course, it's all got to do with what you mean by "truth" or "*the* truth", but I think the line that science is not about finding truth is an odd one, and certainly not a necessary part of falsificationism.

--

John Conway - Palaeontographer
http://jconway.co.uk

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