tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post5217143284936185446..comments2019-11-18T06:53:52.326+08:00Comments on Something by Virtue of Nothing: Science and Writingane pixestoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01750266230259761680noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post-60647658526122616562015-01-03T05:06:32.333+08:002015-01-03T05:06:32.333+08:00..."magic" from the Persian "to hav......"magic" from the Persian "to have power"...ane pixestoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750266230259761680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post-50621225359204900652015-01-03T04:57:05.103+08:002015-01-03T04:57:05.103+08:00The space for confusion might be there, irremediab...The space for confusion might be there, irremediably. Your words reminded me of Clarke: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."Tom Matrullohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post-62866100504544422382015-01-03T04:31:54.628+08:002015-01-03T04:31:54.628+08:00Thank you for taking the time to clarify.
Would t...Thank you for taking the time to clarify. <br />Would that I had a smart reply, but at this time, all I can think of is "hubris: the pride that cometh before the fall", an image of the wildly-used invention of wax wings, and inventions confused with trickery.ane pixestoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750266230259761680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post-73734122441938064292015-01-03T01:20:19.095+08:002015-01-03T01:20:19.095+08:00Big discussion. I was just thinking that the 19th ...Big discussion. I was just thinking that the 19th c. approaches now seem provincial - whether in physics, or chemistry, or astronomy, etc. Scientific advances have, in a sense, humbled science - or should have. Yet anthropocentrism is resilient enough that science doesn't remain humble for long.Tom Matrullohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post-21380937105928430172015-01-02T16:07:37.306+08:002015-01-02T16:07:37.306+08:00Thank you for your generous comments; I realised a...Thank you for your generous comments; I realised after my last comment that I may not have understood your initial one. My interpretation of your comment was that anthropology was the broad brush stroke in the sciences, being the one "scientific" realm where we can still talk about the cultural differences say in how long a given culture takes to have its lunch. <br />But maybe that's what you meant; that to focus on these generalisations is a limitation?<br />I am sorry to be so out of practice in commenting.ane pixestoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750266230259761680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post-28052284791594156282015-01-02T09:01:43.804+08:002015-01-02T09:01:43.804+08:00Good question. Hopefully more aware of its limitat...Good question. Hopefully more aware of its limitations.Tom Matrullohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post-80980741292591057202015-01-02T05:15:52.056+08:002015-01-02T05:15:52.056+08:00Where does this leave anthropology?Where does this leave anthropology?ane pixestoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750266230259761680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post-42004692160548170372015-01-02T02:21:21.501+08:002015-01-02T02:21:21.501+08:00The mix of truly scientific methods of observation...The mix of truly scientific methods of observation with broad strokes of ethical generalization (e.g., "oriental laziness") is worth noting.Tom Matrullohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com