http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20070626/sc_space/cratercouldsolve1908tunguskameteormystery
when scientific enquiry works toward finding an answer to a riddle then i give it full marks.
it is refreshing to see that there are those in the scientific community that will pursue a mystery and not draw conclusions without fact.
Shit happens.
ReplyDeletetoo often science acts like a dogmatic religion by denying the possibility of something if it has the potential to upset some pre-existing doctrine.
ReplyDeletescience works by allowing free inquiry.
it fails when it expects faithful obedience.
and yes, shit happens.
Science is still young in the scope of things. A lot of it and ourselves will be better understood in another five hundred years.
ReplyDeleteYou may not be here, but I will be.
i guess by that metric religion is still young also.....
ReplyDelete.....and possibly our material consciousness.