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Dating the Earth

Submitted by John O Mahony, Jul 4, 2007 06:06

Mankind has searched for the truth since the dawn of history. He has sought it within himself and in the minds of others - the latter usually in the "revealed" knowledge recorded in ancient texts. Not until the full flowering of the scientific method in the 18th/19th centuries has he had a method which promises to provide him with a truth compatible with his reason. The hallmark of science is its ability to self correct - its humility - if one can attribute this virtue to a method, whatever one might say about the character of individual practitioners. Methinks a little applied humility in other areas of human endeavor would not go amiss.

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First off: to Adam Kirsch, bravo for a thoughtful and badly needed review and editorial article. The last paragraph is particularly... [MORE]	David Edwards	Jul 4, 2007 14:32
Mankind has searched for the truth since the dawn of history. He has sought it within himself and in the...	John O Mahony	Jul 4, 2007 06:06
Man's steady accumulation of information about the world will lead him to one of two possible roads.....1), a wide... [MORE]	Ralph Gaily	Jun 21, 2007 15:33
Religion and myth are not the only paradigmatic way of viewing or interpreting reality. Modern science, wildly successful as it... [MORE]	Harold Kildow	Jul 4, 2007 11:36
The probability is that we will find one best "explanation of who we are and where we come from" (we... [MORE]	Hugh Young	Jul 5, 2007 01:20
or, 3) a narrow road that is full of discovery and enlightenment, which leads us to the conclusion that we... [MORE]	Pukako	Jul 5, 2007 01:30
Too bad the review did not mention contemporary challenges to the dating of the Earth, such as put forth by... [MORE]	Patrick Callahan	Jul 5, 2007 10:26

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