For the Sake of Science

Thought of the day

7 Responses

1. 

   jackhudson, on March 29, 2010 at 8:40 pm said:

   Except as noted elsewhere there are many areas of thought where science isn’t particularly useful.
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   Michael Hawkins, on March 29, 2010 at 9:02 pm said:

   http://www.project-reason.org/newsfeed/item/moral_confusion_in_the_name_of_science3/
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   jackhudson, on March 29, 2010 at 9:39 pm said:

   Nice try by Sam Harris; seems his main critics will be fellow atheists; of course, there is absolutely no evidence in history to back him up either.
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   NewEnglandBob, on March 30, 2010 at 8:18 am said:

   If you follow the discussions on Harris’ Project Reason site plus those on Russel Blackford’s site, Sean Carrol’s site and Richard Dawkins.net then making simple statements like that jack are foolish.
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   jackhudson, on March 30, 2010 at 9:24 am said:

   I would say this idea is pretty problematic if one has to follow a series of discussions on numerous sites; either there is some straight forward reasons to believe that science can be used to investigate morality, or there is not.

   But I can already predict the sort of morality that will be produced by science (or at least Sam Harris’ scientific investigations); it will afform the sort of morality that Sam Harris already believes to be true, and it will be dismissive of the morality he doesn’t except – true science of course doesn’t work that way.
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   NewEnglandBob, on March 30, 2010 at 9:53 am said:

   either there is some straight forward reasons to believe that science can be used to investigate morality, or there is not.

   It must be nice to live a life of absolute surety.

   I am also uninterested in your prediction without listening to others’ views.
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   jackhudson, on March 30, 2010 at 11:12 am said:

   I have listened to Harris’ presentation and will probably read his book when its available at the library; the fact you can’t articulate those views suggests to me they might not be all that worthwhile to begin with.

   And prediction is part of investigating notions scientifically.