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04-06-2019, 08:59 PM
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Re: If it Can't be Proven, is it worth contemplation and respect?

Originally Posted by pauline3 ->
There are many things that they can not prove.

They may "Never". be able to prove that some things don't exist,


. . . . . or that some things do.


At the end of the day, we are all free to decide whatever we want.
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Re: If it Can't be Proven, is it worth contemplation and respect?

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I agree, Bratti.

Well said Surfermom.
Hi

I agree.

Surfermom has an innate ability to get to the crux of the matter and explain it in a way that people can understand.

A brilliant teacher in other words.

Mups is not a scientist, but has that same natural ability to make sense.

Apart from her sense of direction of course.

Some people just have it, it cannot be explained, but such abilities are very worthy of respect.

I am a scientist, very good at my old job so I am told.

I do not have that ability that they and others have however.
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04-06-2019, 09:13 PM
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Re: If it Can't be Proven, is it worth contemplation and respect?

Originally Posted by swimfeeders ->
Hi

I agree.

Surfermom has an innate ability to get to the crux of the matter and explain it in a way that people can understand.

A brilliant teacher in other words.

Mups is not a scientist, but has that same natural ability to make sense.

Apart from her sense of direction of course.

Some people just have it, it cannot be explained, but such abilities are very worthy of respect.

I am a scientist, very good at my old job so I am told.

I do not have that ability that they and others have however.


Oi you! Cheeky blighter.
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Re: If it Can't be Proven, is it worth contemplation and respect?

Originally Posted by pauline3 ->
There are many things that they can not prove.

They may "Never". be able to prove that some things don't exist,
As I said earlier, proof is a slippery thing. Science is mostly based on theories that fit with testable evidence.

And proof that something doesn't exist, proving a negative, nigh on impossible. How would you prove that the FSM doesn't exist?
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04-06-2019, 09:26 PM
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Re: If it Can't be Proven, is it worth contemplation and respect?

[QUOTE=Donkeyman;1719179]
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What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom?

Regards Donkeyman!
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put a tomato in a fruit salad.
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04-06-2019, 09:27 PM
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Re: If it Can't be Proven, is it worth contemplation and respect?

"Nothing can be excepted unless it is proved to be true"

Can't bring to mind who is quoted as saying that - perhaps Descartes?

Very apropos
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Re: If it Can't be Proven, is it worth contemplation and respect?

[QUOTE=Judd;1719280]
Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put a tomato in a fruit salad.
That's clever!!
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04-06-2019, 09:28 PM
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Re: If it Can't be Proven, is it worth contemplation and respect?

[QUOTE=Judd;1719280]
Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put a tomato in a fruit salad.
aye, come to think of it I wonder why a tomato is a fruit, someone fluffed up there I reckon, urgh tomato in a fruit salad, yUK yet fruit in a garden salad can work
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04-06-2019, 09:30 PM
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Re: If it Can't be Proven, is it worth contemplation and respect?

I think knowledge is what you have learned -
Wisdom is what you do with that knowledge.


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(Wisdom is also knowing when to pipe down).
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Re: If it Can't be Proven, is it worth contemplation and respect?

Originally Posted by Besoeker ->
As I said earlier, proof is a slippery thing. Science is mostly based on theories that fit with testable evidence.

And proof that something doesn't exist, proving a negative, nigh on impossible. How would you prove that the FSM doesn't exist?
Proving a negative?

Could you give me an example?

How would you know that it was a negative?
 
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