Tue Apr 16 21:50:59 CDT 2013

A straw man from the start:  profane science lacks the fear of sin that
sacred mysteries guard and promote?

On Monday, April 15, 2013, alice wellintown wrote:

> "....the greater risk is science itself because it knows no limits. It
> cannot sin, there are no transgressions, the sacred is not a mystery but a
> profane puzzle to be solved and then exploited."
> Solved, then exploited? Jeepers, harsh. Also rather unlike any
> practitioner of science I know of or respect.
>
> Poor argument. The risk, I said, is science, not scientists. In fact,
> I said the risk is science itself. So, to distort my position, you twisted
> it into ad-hominum. Try again?
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