Re: OT Re: Sentience

From: Rahul Jain (rjain_at_nyct.net)
Date: 04/18/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 23:49:58 GMT

André Thieme <this.address.is.good.until.2004.apr.17@justmail.de> writes:

> Ray Dillinger wrote:
>
>> André Thieme wrote:
>>
>>>Some people want to establish a new field of science, called
>>>Intelligent Design.
>> Excuse me, but Intelligent Design does not follow the scientific
>> method.
>
> Yes, right, that's why I said they "want to establish" it.
[...]
> Some people came up with a definition for the word science
> which is usually used when talking about it.
> Of course this "official definition" is objectively not right, as any
> definition by definition isn't, so other people could (if helpfull or
> not) give another definition of it.

No, the ID folks would be trying to establish a new language, where the
word "science" has been defined to mean something other than what it
means to the rest of us.

What matters in language is not the symbols used, but the fact that all
participants have agreed on some meaning for the symbols being used (or
are willing to adapt their communications to make it so). Refusing to
communicate in a way that is understandable to others is rarely
considered intelligent behavior. :) 

-- 
Rahul Jain
rjain@nyct.net
Professional Software Developer, Amateur Quantum Mechanicist

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