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From: Henry Bookout <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Reality and Perception
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:31:53 -0500
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"All I know for sure is that water is wet."

Henry


On Jan 24, 2009, at 6:27 PM, Philip Parker wrote:

> The sky is blue ... Debate!
>
> On 1/24/09, Ken Nordtvedt <> wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Faux" <>
>>
>> In
>>> addition perception is reality. What one believes to be true can
>>> and does
>>> assume this form.
>>
>> I don't understand the latter sentence, and I believe the first
>> sentence is
>> profoundly wrong, although popular in some modern academic
>> circles. But
>> admittedly; these two sentences are ripped out of the context of
>> your full
>> message.
>>
>> True science would be close to dead in the water if reality were just
>> perception of it; man is not the measure of all things.
>>
>>
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