On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:05:38 +0200, andrel wrote:

> On 27-9-2011 3:15, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:45:36 -0400, Alain wrote:
>>
>>> A scientist will tell you that the total amount of knowlege
>>> accumulated by humanity since the first humans only account for a
>>> small fraction of what can be known.
>>
>> I think a rational scientist would not be able to make a statement like
>> this, because it presumes that they have an idea what the limit is (if
>> there is one).
> 
> If there isn't, there is no fraction.

Mathematically, that's certainly true. :)

Jim

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