
        from THE COMPLEX VISION OF PHILO St JOHN                    FRIAR11
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             "I can't believe that.  Man  was  born with a natural curiosity.
        Studying reality is part of being alive."
             "Reacting to reality is part of being alive.   And so is wonder-
        ing and speculating about it.  But  placing  conditions  upon it and
        refusing  to  accept it until it meets those conditions is something
        else again."
             "Well,  that  just isn't science," Philo said. "There's nothing
        preconceived about science.  Science is always reaching out into the
        unknown."
             "But not as far or as often as you might think," the friar said.
        "Science  will  reach into the unknown only when a phenomenon can be
        precisely measured and then then only  when its activity  falls into
        an orderly, repetitive pattern. When a phenomenon defies measurement
        or  pattern  and  especially  if it  has  a  tendency to occur at in-
        frequent intervals, science either ignores it  or, peevishly, denies
        that it exists."
             "You mean like flying saucers?" Philo said.
             "I suppose that's an example," the friar said  "But I was think-
        ing of something else."
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