Reciprocating Bill
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BarryA:
| Quote | | Elizabeth Liddle is correct. Science does not, indeed cannot, take account of miracles. The entire scientific project is premised upon previously observed regularities continuing to occur. |
Precisely the point of something Lewontin once wrote. IIRC, he made similar remarks in a review of Sagan's last book.
Has that ever been mentioned at UD?
ETA: I can't be bothered to actually UD read threads before snarking at them.
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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace
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