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Old 09-04-2009, 02:24 AM
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Thanks for the reply mark

for a bit more food for thought This is out of a book and to me it sums up the view I am trying to get across, about how I think mainstream science and other types of view's work. to be taken with bit of humor

The Blind Man and the Elephant

It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant~(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation~Might satisfy his mind.

The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side, ~ At once began to bawl:
ʺGod bless me! but the Elephant ~ Is very like a wall!ʺ

The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, ʺHo! what have we here?
So very round and smooth and sharp? ~ To me ’tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant ~ Is very like a spear!ʺ

The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands, ~ Thus boldly up and spake:
ʺI see,ʺ quoth he, ʺthe Elephant ~ Is very like a snake!ʺ

The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
ʺWhat most this wondrous beast is like ~ Is mighty plain,ʺ quoth her;
ʺ’Tis clear enough the Elephant ~ Is very like a tree!ʺ

The Fifth who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: ʺE’en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most; ~ Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant ~ Is very like a fan!ʺ

The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail ~ That fell within his scope,
ʺI see,ʺ quoth he, ʺthe Elephant ~ Is very like a rope!

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And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion ~ Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right ~ And all were in the wrong!

Moral

So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!

‐John Godfrey Saxe

The book is called "The Hologram by Jeff Behnke and released under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0

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