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To: js1138; hosepipe; Ethan Clive Osgoode
hp: The observer problem is very persistent..

js: And yet things get invented and built using the findings of science. Things like medicine, anesthesia, satellites, computers, cool digital watches, iPods.

Not all these things will be beneficial to society, and some may be harmful, but science is about what works.

All of which has nothing to to with the observer problem.

So, I'll ask again, as you've been asked before.... Can you ever just address the comment you're responding to without going off on some tangent?

I think religion would better serve itself and the world by addressing what should and should not be done with the findings of science.

That's a keeper.

Religion tries but is soundly shut down by the scientific community with much the same reaction as we see here. Separation of church and science.

209 posted on 01/09/2009 11:42:27 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
So, I'll ask again, as you've been asked before.... Can you ever just address the comment you're responding to without going off on some tangent?

The "observer problem" is a very technical term in quantum theory. It is not a New Age touchie feelie catch-all term for asserting that science can't be objective.

That use of the term is a central theme in deconstructionism. Feminist science and the like.

211 posted on 01/09/2009 11:46:52 AM PST by js1138
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