Le 2011/09/27 16:06, andrel a écrit :
> On 27-9-2011 21:47, Alain wrote:
>> Le 2011/09/26 21:15, Jim Henderson a écrit :
>>> 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).
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>> OK! I should have said "a tiny *part*"
>
> Why would that have been better?
>

It don't presume any definitive knowlege about the absolute importance 
of the part relative to the whole.

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