Axis Mundi
Axis Mundi
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Posted : Jun 19, 2010 01:52:32
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"Exhaustive testing is often criticized as closed minded, the implied corollary being that open mindedness means placing more emphasis on belief than on knowledge. I disagree. If the scientific method was closed minded -- clinging to a desired conclusion and rejecting ...whatever might be learned through experimentation -- science would not exist at all. Science is the learning process. To practise science, you must be willing to accept whatever you learn. If you're not willing to accept an answer you might not like, you should not even ask the question. If that's your preference, fine; but don't accuse those who do ask of closed mindedness."
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/skeptical%20former%20skeptics/3169333/story.html
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