On Friday 31 January 2003 4:56 pm, you wrote:
quoted 19 lines Now, you can change your perceptions with regard to what you value -
> >Now, you can change your perceptions with regard to what you value -
> > you can have certian ethics and values - but the reality to which
> > you apply
> >them isn't different just because you want it to be.
> >
> >Quick and dirty example - just because many people in the 10th
> > Century in western Europe believed that Sol revolved around Terra
> > doesn't mean that it actually did...
>
> So how is it that you're so certain that we're 'correct' now? I know
> this guy who, quite literally, always has a Mythology book with him.
> I never really understood how he could enjoy old tales of non-sense
> so much, until I asked him. He said something to the effect that
> they give insight into the state of mind the people who created it
> had, and at the same time puts our own current 'Science' into
> perspective. In other words, Science is a wonderful and beautiful
> thing involving creativity, patience, persaverence, and coutless
> other virtuous traits, but it can also be defined as current
> Mythology.quoted 9 lines others do, but I wish such distractions would(n't) keep so many
> >others do, but I wish such distractions would(n't) keep so many
> > bright, capable
> >individuals from realizing their potential and actually doing
> > something in life.
>
> I'm still trying to figure out what is worth doing. Honestly, I
> don't expect to make much progress within my life time, but the
> idea's of Wilson seem to have a well founded approach to them, and if
> conducted with caution I can't see how research is a bad thing.