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Nick Thompson on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/DIY-science-tp7582911p7582942.html
I think the Village Pragmatist would say that all science ... all cognition,
in fact ... grows out of the need for self control. Now, we have to be
careful with "self-control" here, because it does not only mean, in this
context, things like "keeping myself from flying off the handle in FRIAM
discussions." By "self-control" is meant,"I poke the world and I see what
happens to me." Depending on what happens, I poke the world differently
the next time. N
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] DIY science
On 04/22/2013 11:37 PM, Russ Abbott wrote:
> But if it's possible what's the difference as far as your perspective
> on what science is?
My point was that you, too, can build a device that might allow you to test
E=mc^2. It was in response to your statement that:
On 04/22/2013 11:15 AM, Russ Abbott wrote:
> There isn't much in today's science that I personally can use to
> manipulate the world. Much of it provides the foundation for devices
> that other people build through which I manipulate the world.
My claim is that most of today's science can be personally used, by you, to
manipulate the world. You can build the device. And you can use it to
formulate a test for these theories.
And I claimed this in order to push home my point that theories are not
scientific unless they are accompanied by the science of a _test_.
--
glen =><= Hail Eris!
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