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lunatica

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7. A good question would be why don't they praise him
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 09:23 AM
Jul 2012

if what you say is truly the case. You don't have to agree with everyone but not to listen is to shut out something that may be of value. I think that was his point rather than bashing empiricism and science. He was talking about things that you can't quantify or measure such as imagination and vision outside of science. Science is good, but so is art.

At least that's what I got out of it.

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