Wednesday, June 24, 2015

The Rebel Black Dot Science Song of the Day

The Phenomenauts, "Science and Honor" from For All Mankind (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Sing the Phenomenauts:
"Science is the search for truth,
It only find facts, it has no agenda…"
I counter that there is a distinction 'twixt "facts" & "truth," succinctly stated by Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones Junior:
"Archaeology is the search for fact—not truth. If it's truth you're interested in, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall."
Of course, in large part the Phenomenauts are singing not of science, the method of study involving observation & experimentation, but "science," the quasi-religious philosophy expounded by many who are paradoxically possessed of a curious disdain for the scientific method, preferring militant orthodoxy to the objective search for fact.

That said, I still like "Science and Honor," lest it would not have been selected as the R.B.D.S.O.T.D.
"Honor is integrity,
Fairness and honesty in beliefs and action…"

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