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Re: Baidarka thingamajig n stuff
Posted By: Ian Johnston In Response To: Re: Baidarka thingamajig n stuff (Peter WP)
Date: Sunday, 30 January 2000, at 4:02 p.m.
> The fact is, we are living in the golden age of information.
In their day, everyone is living in the "Golden Age". How many times have scientists declared that all discoveries have been made and no new ones will be forthcoming? How many times have religions predicted the end of the world?
I think we mis-interpret older reasoning for superstition. Without the ability and time to examine things as we do now, people make explanations to fit the observations made. If they had our ability to see things and our wealth of stored information they would reason as we do. There is nothing wrong with their reasoning ability only with the availability of information.
Each new discovery is building on the discoveries of others so we are building on the discoveries of the original builders of kayaks.
If I have an idea do you listen to it or do you check out my credentials first? Science says that ideas should be looked at on their merit alone. Most people want to see your credentials first. We assume that the original designers of the "thingamajig" were superstitious and did not have a degree in engineering so they could not have meant this bifurcated bow to be a design improvement! Science says, "it doesn't matter! This person has an idea that should be examined on its merits". We can test it to see if it works, we don't need an authority to tell us it is good or not! Ask any scientist, many mistakes have been great improvements.
Ian
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