>>>>>No, the scientist does not resort to faith. He leaves the question unanswered at this time.
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>>>>When you are hoping for an unseen explanation, you are exhibiting faith.
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>>>>"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Heb 11:1 (NIV)
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>>>I give up.
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>>I don't :).
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>>If you're hoping for an unseen explanation, you're exhibiting patience. And when that explanation comes, you don't take it for granted, you test it against the rest of the knowledge, you check it and re-check it and try to prove or disprove its validity. You surely don't believe in it before you see it. You only hope it will appear in your lifetime. Or maybe not even that. And there's no certainty in that.
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>>As for the quote, it's an insufficient description of faith, and surely not a definition, for it lacks The Leap. To me it more sounds like a description of one of the properties, not the whole PEM window.
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>Hi Dragan. Are you sure I was the right receipient for this post? I gave up because there is no discussion possible with a mind that is made up. I could not be bothered to argue the point any further. It did not warrant my time. I leave it to you and Alex :)
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>Go well.


Only the first "I don't" was directed to you. You were supposed to duck then so I could address the rest upstream above your head. Amazingly, though, these movements weren't obvous. They were to me...