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Old December 2nd 17, 06:42 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default The Equation of Time(keeping)

On Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 9:57:30 AM UTC-7, Gerald Kelleher wrote:

I will just shrug and tell you that human advancement in astronomy and
terrestrial sciences is finished unless the limitations of 17th century
empiricism is dealt with otherwise you have nothing new, creative and productive
coming in .


We can just shrug and tell you that empiricism is doing just fine in generating
progress in science at an ever-growing rate... and that the alternative you
suggest would deprive us of any ability to make progress, reducing us to mere
spectators of the heavens who could perhaps enjoy awe and wonder, but never grow
in understanding that could be translated into solid knowledge.

John Savard