Re: CHAT Cartesian parataxis (was: ANNOUNCE: First longer sentence in S7)

--- Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...> wrote:
> Nono, I don't prefer anything, I just humbly
> recognize
> that is it totally impossible to know anything
> about,
> let's say after-death for ex, or God, or any such
> topics, and thus it it is totally useless to
> speculate
> about it,
<snip>

It is possible, however unlikely, that speculation
could lead to an hypothesis which is testable.
Testing that hypothesis might lead to more concrete
knowledge of the subject.  In other words, if it were
someday to become possible to prove or disprove the
existence of God/afterlife/reincarnation/(insert
favorite belief here) Such proof/disproof will be the
consequence of a line of reasoning and experimentation
that began with speculation.

All knowledge begins with speculation.  Those who
speculate have at least some small chance of
eventually proving or disproving something useful.
Those who do not speculate have no chance of ever
proving or disproving anything.

That makes philosophical speculation the most
important thing a person can possibly do with their
life.  Without the speculators of the past we would
still be in the dark ages.

--gary

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