In a message dated 10/31/99 11:36:35 PM EST, [log in to unmask]
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<<        It is not widely enough known that Buddhism teaches that this world
 is illusion.  How pathetic that one who is claiming to take max notice of
 the "facts" of science then dismisses the whole physical world which is all
 that science tries to deal with. >>

Actually Ernst Mach had affiliation with Buddhism, and obviously could
discuss the facts of science if only as groupings of neutral "elements" of
experience.
Similarly some Asian scientists such as Japanese workers in quantum
electrodynamics have claimed inspiration from Buddhism.  Thus Buddhism need
not involve rejection of the "facts" of science, in the sense of experiments
or observations.

Val Dusek