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From: honig@ics.uci.edu (David Honig)
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Subject: Re: more on what religious states are for
Message-ID: <27C99804.11650@ics.uci.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 91 23:04:35 GMT
References: <9102211738.aa19500@ICS.UCI.EDU> <5354@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: honig@ics.uci.edu (David Honig)
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In article <5354@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> minsky@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky) writes:
>In article <9102211738.aa19500@ICS.UCI.EDU> honig@ICS.UCI.EDU (David Honig) writes:
>> It is precisely because of that dichotomy that several
>>nobel prize winning physicists have stated that they see no conflict between
>>their perception of scientific reality and their religious beliefs.  The
>>two areas do not conflict, they purport to answer different questions.
>>
>>In summary, be careful not to confuse science with teleology!  Science does
>>not address purpose in nature.
>
>Be careful not to confuse reason with rhetoric.  The fact that some
>nobel prize winners 'see' no conflict doesn't mean that there isn't
>any. Maybe they might have accomplished even more.

Just to clarify, (and because I respect Dr. Minsky's opinions highly), *I* did
not write what he attributes to me; I was quoting what someone emailed me,
which I followed with my commentary.  *I* expressly do not subscribe to the
opinions reposted there.
 
-- 
David Honig
"The complexity of the brain boggles the mind.  Obviously."


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