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Old 03-29-2008, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael Chui View Post
But the purpose of science is not to explain; it is to ask.
Are you sure about that?

"It is now generally accepted that the purpose, or at least the central purpose, of science is to explain or perhaps to explain and predict." - Dr Richard Purtill (Philosophy of Science).
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