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It Is Often Assumed That Science Starts From Facts And Eschews Counter-factual Theories. Nothing Could Be Further From The Truth. What Is One Of The Basic Assumptions Of The Scientific World-view? That The Variety Of Events That Surrounds Us Is Held Together By A Deeper Unity.

Language Became A Colorless And As Indistinct As The Business Suit Which Is Now Worm By Everyone, By The Scholar, By The Businessman, By The Professional Killer. Being Accustomed To A Dry And Dreary Norm And Sees In It An Obvious Sign Of Arrogance And Aggression; Viewing Authority With Almost Religious Awe He Gets Into A Frenzy When He Sees Someone Pluck The Beard Of His Favorite Prophet.

There Is No Coherent Knowledge , I.e. No Uniform Comprehensive Account Of The World And The Events In It. There Is No Comprehensive Truth That Goes Beyond An Enumeration Of Details, But There Are Many Pieces Of Information , Obtained In Different Ways From Different Sources And Collected For The Benefit Of The Curious. The Best Way Of Presenting Such Knowledge Is The List - And The Oldest Scientific Works Were Indeed Lists Of Facts, Parts, Coincidences, Problems In Several Specialized Domains.

Science Is Essentially An Anarchic Enterprise: Theoretical Anarchism Is More Humanitarian And More Likely To Encourage Progress Than Its Law-and-order Alternatives.

Rationalism... Is A Secularized Form Of The Belief In The Power Of The Word Of God.