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Re: Science is close-minded
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Originally Posted by modest
I think science is very close minded in a way that demonstrates the quote above. It's a good thing - it protects the purity of the discipline. This doesn't mean science is closed to new ideas, that's a different ball of wax. Science is open to new ideas because it never assumes it has revealed some final truth (in a way that demonstrates the quote below):
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That's insightful Modest. I have definitely been using the second definition you gave (not open to new ideas), but I like this different interpretation. I'll have to think about this a bit.
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