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Sat Oct-01-05 08:27 PM
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Edited on Sat Oct-01-05 08:28 PM by Az
Science is a great tool. But its very nature insists that we can never close the book and claim we know something absolutely. We can find enough evidence and confirmation to claim that it would be ridiculous not to grant acknowledgement of the theory as a fact. But the moment a new peace of information shows up that refutes it we have to toss everything in the trash and rethink our theories.
The use of the word knowing in this case is very specific. It refers to absolutely knowing. And in this universe and with our means of experiencing the world around us we can never come to an absolute knowing of the universe.
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