SCIENTISTS

Scientists Admit That They Do Not Know

A Dialogue on Skepticism

Scientists Admit That They Do Not Know

John: Good morning,

James: I did not expect to find you out and about so early. James: It really is a bit unusual, but my thoughts were so with the object of which I spoke last night that I could not sleep, so I decided to get up and walk around the garden. Phil: That's good! This allows you to see what the innocent and cuddly pleasures you lose every morning. Can there be a more pleasant time of day, or more enjoyable time of year? That purple sky, those wild but sweet notes of birds, fragrant blossom on the trees and flowers, gentle influence of the rising sun, these and a thousand nameless beauties of nature inspire the soul secret raptures. But I'm afraid I'm interrupting my thoughts, for you seemed very intent on something.

James: Yes, I was, and I would be grateful if you would allow me to continue with it. But I do not want to deprive yourself of your company, for my thoughts always flow more easily in a conversation with a friend, than when I'm alone. Please let me share with you some thoughts I've been with?

John: With all my heart! This is what I would ask myself, if you had not asked first.

James: I was considering the odd fate of those who at all times, through a desire to mark themselves from ordinary people or through heaven knows what trick they thought, claimed, or to believe anything at all, or is considered the most extravagant things in the world. It does not matter if their paradoxes and skepticism did not bring consequences, which is bad for humanity as a whole (Stanton, 74). But there is a risk that they will do, and that when people who are believed to spent his time in the pursuit of knowledge claim that completely ignores all or advocate views that are in conflict with the simple and universally accepted principles, it to make other people, who have less leisure time for such things to become suspicious of the most important truths of which they had previously considered sacred and doubt. John: I totally agree with you about the bad effects of parading doubts of some fantastic views of others. I felt it so much lately that I dropped some high-profile theory I have learned to their campuses, replacing them with the usual consensus. Since this is a rebellion against my metaphysical concepts in favor of the simple dictates of nature and common sense, I swear that I find that I can think of the much entire better, so now I can easily understand many things that previously were mysteries.

James: I am glad that there was nothing in the accounts I've heard about you.

John: What if you like, were they?

James: In a conversation last night, you were presented as a man who supports the most extravagant opinion that ever entered into human consciousness, namely ...