> On Sep 10, 7:54 pm, Jerry Kraus yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> On Sep 10, 7:35 am, John J wrote:

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>>> Jerry Kraus wrote:

>>>> On Sep 8, 6:02 am, ZerkonX X.net> wrote:

>>>>> Knowledge has no power without action. Ignorance in action has
>>>>> power.
>>>>> Knowledge alone yields nothing without act.

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>>>>> It is Action or Process that is power not knowledge.

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>>>> Like most truisms, the phrase "knowledge is power" is an
>>>> exaggeration,
>>>> or oversimplification, intended to make a point. Knowledge is very
>>>> useful, and without knowledge, power is often limited and self-
>>>> destructive.

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>>> In your earlier posts you proposed that scientific research should be
>>> constrained to limits you would impose. IOW, you wish for the power to
>>> limit research. Your knowledge of scientific research is highly
>>> limited.
>>> So one can conclude it suits you to turn things backwards based upon
>>> ...
>>> what? The weather? A roll of dice? One of those goofy 8-Ball things
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>>> pops up random answers? Imagine a fascist model of the same. Horrors!
>>> The trains will run on time.... but to nowhere you want to go.

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>> Not at all. In my other posts, I propose that professional scientists
>> should be held accountable for doing work of value, and not just
>> whatever they feel like, including, and often, absolutely nothing
>> other than feathering their own nests.

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> very interesting.
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> Today, when the scientists started carrying out the Bigbang experiment
> - costing over 5 billion and may be over 15 years
> some one asked, is it worth ?
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> The scientist replied that when maxwell (?) explained electo-
> magnetism, neither he nor the people around him
> at that time thought about its utility. Over a period scientists
> became Knowledgeable - more and more knowledgeable
> on its use.
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> that is growth.
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> remember even in those days Issac Newton had the courage to tell the
> world that
> when some one invent or discover something, the world more often does
> not remember that
> it is done standing on the shoulders of so many others.
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> enjoy
> cheers
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