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On 28/02/07, Alastair Moore <alastair at kozmo.co.uk> wrote:
> It's well worth having a nosey through the book because it certainly
> doesn't preach "YOU'RE WRONG!". In fact, in no point in the book does
> he say absolutely there is no god, the chapter "Why there almost
> certainly is no god" is more about the improbability of a god
> existing as opposed to a blanket "THERE IS NO GOD!" statement

Perhaps, for a bit of balance, people should send their MPs a copy of
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" as well, to neatly
illustrate the limits of science.

As Dave H said: the more you know, the more you know you don't know.
Except Pirsig goes a bit nuts when he realises that the endgame of
scientific enquiry is the realisation that the number of unknowns
increases at a frightening rate. Then he becomes a philosopher instead
:)

Tim