Posted by bob on June 2, 2000, at 16:17:29
In reply to Re: Ahh, science » bob, posted by Adam on June 2, 2000, at 12:10:49
> I may not have been clear here. I agree that the motivations for scientific study are not in themselves scientific, and are laden with value judgements, etc. However, the process of discovery can and should be as objective as we can hope to make it, and the information gathered is in itself neither good nor evil. It's just information.
Agreed. It's just the "Edward Tellers" of the scientific establishment who worry me on this point.
> I think faith and ethics will guide us in our assessment of what a "better" person really is. I think that is quite appropriate, since, thinking scientifically from a chaotic or an evolutionary perspective, there may be no real reason to favor one form of a gene over another, since we cannot predict the future or the value of an outcome beyond our own needs.Well, that is the rub, isn't it? I'd give neither faith nor ethics any more predictive power than science, particularly when our most common ivocations of either are based upon past practices.
cheers,
bob
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