Terry Boyce wrote: > > Steve Devos writes "that the best science like the best contemporary > philosophy radically displaces human beings from the centre of > things."<bold> [snip] > </bold>It starts with Einstein. He shows that measurement - > measurement, on which the whole possibility of science depends - > measurement is not an impersonal event that occurs with impartial > universality. It's a human act snip] > That the universe exists only-as a series of approximations. > Only within the limits determined by our relationship with it. Only > through the understanding lodged inside the human head. > > ---------------------------------- > > It's an interesting idea and one that - if pursued to its logical > conclusion - can become intuitive and personal (and an extension of > Descartes). I know that I am at the centre of my universe. Man is the measurer of all things. Mankind is not the master of all the stuff that exists, but Everyman (woman, child...) is *a* judge of the world. A *big* challenge is how 5+ billion judges can live together on this small planet, as opposed to a few leaders and many unquestioning followers. +\brad mccormick -- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [log in to unmask] 914.238.0788 / 27 Poillon Rd, Chappaqua NY 10514-3403 USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/