Re: The problem with the belief that one is enlightened

From: Lloyd Robertson (hawkeye@rongenet.sk.ca)
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    At 03:00 PM 14/09/00 -0700, Scott Chase wrote:
    >This could be a critique which cuts both ways, both against mysticism and
    against science. What happens when a healthy respect for a scientific
    perspective becomes elevated into the realm of scientism? Critical views
    yield to crystallization and the possibility of stagnation into dogma.

    Then it is no longer science.

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