>Tue Jun 6 20:26:37 1995
>From: Steve Hallstrom <steveh at u.washington.edu>

>Wisdom may yet prevail!

Probably will. Nothing else has been proposed as useful is this.

>Not being a scientist my thinking is a) not necessarily rational, b)
>often intuitive, and c) sympathetic to the beauty and wonder of the
>natural world bereft of science in any sense.

Fortunately, not being a scientist is not a requisite for a), or b),
or c). Scientists share equally with the non-scientists in these realms.

>It is not that science as a methodology of learning is wrong or bad. The
>knowledge arrived at by thinking rationally about facts is one set of
>knowledge.

I think most scientists would agree.

>The problem that I percieve is the claim of the scientific
>community that it is the only knowledge with credence.

The scientific community doesn't claim that.

And so on, if I were to address the remainder of the letter.

>Kind of like enjoying the butterflies and flowers while listening to
>the birds sing and not giving a damn if its a Wilson's Warbler or
>a White Crowned Sparrow, it's pretty.

No science here, just us.
Peter