The fact that we don't know that much

I observe people in science believing that we know a lot. I don't
share that hubris. Everything you know is wrong. Science has just
begun. Ask science how much it knows when it is a million years old
and see what answer you get.


Mitch Raemsch

BURT wrote in news:0f357c48-196f-40e7-a9f9-
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I observe people in science believing that we know a lot. I don't
share that hubris. Everything you know is wrong. Science has just
begun. Ask science how much it knows when it is a million years old
and see what answer you get.

Only a fool thinks he knows it all. No scientist thinks he knows
everything, only that the latest theories are better approximations to the
truth than earlier theories.

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Enkidu AA#2165
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA

The great god Ra, whose shrine once covered acres, is filler now for
crossword puzzles.
-Keith Preston

"BURT" wrote in message
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I observe people in science believing that we know a lot. I don't
share that hubris. Everything you know is wrong. Science has just
begun. Ask science how much it knows when it is a million years old
and see what answer you get.


Mitch Raemsch

I think it's time for a Rumsfeld quote:

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to
me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we
know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there
are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the
ones we don't know we don't know."

Alan


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Alan White wrote:
"BURT" wrote in message
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I observe people in science believing that we know a lot. I don't
share that hubris. Everything you know is wrong. Science has just
begun. Ask science how much it knows when it is a million years old
and see what answer you get.


Mitch Raemsch

I think it's time for a Rumsfeld quote:

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to
me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we
know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there
are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the
ones we don't know we don't know."



That is THE Rumsfeld? No idea about him concerning other matters. But
that quote is true.

Tokay


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Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old
friends lacked certain quirks.

Goethe

On Jul 3, 6:30 am, BURT wrote:
I observe people in science believing that we know a lot. I don't
share that hubris. Everything you know is wrong. Science has just
begun. Ask science how much it knows when it is a million years old
and see what answer you get.

Mitch Raemsch

I suspect you observe "people in science" believing you don't know
****. And interpret this as meaning they think they know a lot.
Science is the process of discovering and verifying new things. If we
knew everything, then there'd be no point in science, ergo, scientists
are the ones most aware of how much we don't know.
But the good thing about science is that what it knows is generally
true, or true within it's declared error margins. It's not the "one
truth". It's not a cosmic answer. It just is.
When/if we get to a million years of modern science, I expect we'll
know more. And laugh at idiots like you even more.

Al

"Tokay Pino Gris" wrote in message
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"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting
to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we
know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we
know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown
unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know."



That is THE Rumsfeld? No idea about him concerning other matters. But that
quote is true.

Tokay


I'm not saying it's untrue. Nor am I saying it's true. There are those
untruths that we don't know are truthful.

Here're some more for ya:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/cs/q...feldquotes.htm

Alan


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"Tokay Pino Gris" wrote in message
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"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always
interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns;
there are things we know we know. We also know there are known
unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not
know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't
know we don't know."



That is THE Rumsfeld? No idea about him concerning other matters.
But that quote is true.

Tokay


I'm not saying it's untrue. Nor am I saying it's true. There are
those untruths that we don't know are truthful.

Here're some more for ya:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/cs/q...feldquotes.htm

Alan

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On Jul 2, 1:30*pm, BURT wrote:
I observe people in science believing that we know a lot.

No, "people in science" *don't* think that. Fundies think people in
science think that.

Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
BAAWA Knight
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
skyeyes nine at cox dot net

Alan White wrote:
"Tokay Pino Gris" wrote in message
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"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting
to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we
know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we
know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown
unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know."


That is THE Rumsfeld? No idea about him concerning other matters. But that
quote is true.

Tokay


I'm not saying it's untrue. Nor am I saying it's true. There are those
untruths that we don't know are truthful.

Here're some more for ya:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/cs/q...feldquotes.htm

Alan


ROFL... so this "Chicken" found a "corn".... No idea if this saying even
translates into english....

"Jedes Huhn findet mal ein Korn".


Tokay




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Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old
friends lacked certain quirks.

Goethe

Tokay Pino Gris wrote in
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Alan White wrote:
"Tokay Pino Gris" wrote in message
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"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always
interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns;
there are things we know we know. We also know there are known
unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not
know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know
we don't know."


That is THE Rumsfeld? No idea about him concerning other matters.
But that quote is true.

Tokay


I'm not saying it's untrue. Nor am I saying it's true. There are
those untruths that we don't know are truthful.

Here're some more for ya:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/cs/q...feldquotes.htm

Alan


ROFL... so this "Chicken" found a "corn".... No idea if this saying
even translates into english....

"Jedes Huhn findet mal ein Korn".


Tokay

I think the English equivalent might be "Even a blind squirrel finds a
nut once in a while."

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