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4-24-2008 12:14 AM329 views
willhelm says:
"This freedom of doubt is an important matter in the sciences and, I believe, in other fields. It was born of a struggle. It was a struggle to be permitted to doubt, to be unsure. And I do not want us to forget the importance of the struggle and, by default, to let the thing fall away. I feel a responsibility as a scientist who knows the great value of a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, and the progress made possible by such a philosophy, progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought. I feel a responsibility to proclaim the value of this freedom and to teach that doubt is not to be feared, but that it is to be welcomed as the possibility of a new potential for human beings. If you know that you are not sure, you have a chance to improve the situation. I want to demand this freedom for future generations."
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4-24-2008 3:36 AM
abailart
Much of science proceeds by finding the black swan, the white blackbird, by having a healthy doubt that any theory based on observation is 'final', and by looking at the deductive reasoning within theories, biases such as political agenda setting, psychologisms etc. Good clip!
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