Re: [asa] (what's a fact?) Brilliant article by Dawkins

From: dfsiemensjr <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
Date: Tue Aug 25 2009 - 18:59:51 EDT

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:19:54 -0700 "Dehler, Bernie"
<bernie.dehler@intel.com> writes:
> Terry said:
> "Are you sure heliocentricity is a fact?"
>
> It is a true fact until disproven, like all other facts. What we
> know, for sure, is that geocentricity has been disproven. It is a
> false fact.
>
> ...Bernie
 
This is awful. Truth is one and unchangeable. What we think to be the
truth changes with the information and misinformation we have. This is
why knowledgeable scientists do not say that they discover the truth,
only the best explanation available at the time.
Dave (ASA)
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