Klarinet Archive - Posting 000273.txt from 1999/04

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Religion vs. Science
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 13:10:49 -0400

At 08:15 AM 4/4/99 -0700, you wrote:
<Snip>
According to
>the religion of science (I base this assumption on the fact that it was
>scientists who bled George Washington to death) there is no difference
>in the production of tone based solely on the material.
<snip>

Whoa! There was then and continues to be a difference between physicians
and scientists. Physicians are reputed to have bled GW to death. There are
some physicians who are also scientists, but when they treat a patient they
are (certainly) doing so in their legal role as physicians, and (usually)
without their scientific hat. The bleeding which was so popular at that
time was part of what we might call "the religion of medicine" for want of a
better term. I think we have improved on that, although I suspect that Dr.
Goldman, for one, would agree that medical practice is not completely
scientific at present, and probably that this is not a desirable goal.

Sorry - all of us have our hot buttons.

George

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