01-24-2010, 04:18 PM
Hi,
I understand the distinction you are trying to make, but contrasting 'scientist' to 'scholar' doesn't really work. I've sat here for a few minutes trying to think of an appropriate contrast, but really haven't come up with anything good. Perhaps 'scholar' and 'charlatan' or 'bigot'?
--Pete
Quote:No, I leave the studying of ancient texts, be it Bible, Koran or Rosetta Stone, to historians (scientists, not 'scholars').Just a minor nit. History is not a science in the strict sense. For it to be so, it would have to make testable predictions. I'm at a loss to even guess what that would mean.
I understand the distinction you are trying to make, but contrasting 'scientist' to 'scholar' doesn't really work. I've sat here for a few minutes trying to think of an appropriate contrast, but really haven't come up with anything good. Perhaps 'scholar' and 'charlatan' or 'bigot'?
--Pete
How big was the aquarium in Noah's ark?