(January 2, 2013 at 5:45 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote:(January 2, 2013 at 5:30 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: You're probably thinking about the benzene molecule. Establish the irrationality and you're home-free; but I don't see how a chemist working on a problem having a dream that helped him think of the solution is irrational. It's not like he just told people (at least not scientific peers) his dream and expected them to take it seriously without more evidence. If he hadn't found the evidence, his dream wouldn't have made it into the history books. A key difference between a scientist's dream and a believer's religious experiences.
well how far would maths theory have got without the irrational or even the imaginary? and how far would science have got without the maths ?
What would be the point of imagination without hard facts to measure it against?
