Tag: knowledge
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Dirt, medicine, knowledge...
The colloquial medical advice “rub some dirt in it” appears to have some merit. Researchers at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute have been experimenting with different clays, and it appears in research presented in the journal PLoS ONE that they’ve come across a family of antibacterial clays capable of killing pathogens ranging from E. coli…
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Knowledge, Faith, Evidence, Truth...
What is knowledge, if not Faith in the truthness of a proposition? Based to "evidence" up to a point yes, but Faith nontheless. And what does "evidence" mean anyway? What we observe is what we observe. "Evidence" is an artificial human-made word which conveys no meaning whatsoever, besides the meaning we chose to give it. Evidence is…
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More info, No info... The end is like the beginning...
Fill the world with an enormous amount of information... See people becoming overwelmed by much data... Important knowledge lost in the abyss of the Internet... In a weird way, the end is like the beginning when nothing was known...
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It has "happened". Or maybe not?
Events that have occured at least once, have a possibility of taking place once more in the future. It sounds logical. But is it? What does it mean "has happened once"? Based on whose experience? Does it matter if we know it has happened or not? Does it matter whether this event has taken place…
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Love for knowledge or Love for human being?
Many scientists claim that they do what they do out of love for knowledge. Many religious people claim that they do what they do out of love for their fellow human being. Which motive is "better"? Who is to judge that?
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