"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything..." (Richard Feynman)
My Blog on this website is unfortunately abandoned since December 2013. Instead of thinking and reasoning and writing it is so much quicker to leave a lightweight comment at
Questo e' incredibile. 70% dei ginecologi italiani sono "obiettori di coscienza", questa significa che si rifiutano ad eseguire aborti. E' un dato gravissimo. Significa, che la linea repressiva ed illiberale della chiesa della destra e' maggioritaria anche su un livello culturale.
Am 20. April nahm ich an einer denkwuerdigen Veranstaltung teil mit dem Titel "Osnabruecker Heimatabend", veranstaltet von Kalla Wefel, einem unserer Mitstreiter in der linken Schuelerbewegung Ende der 60er Jahre in Osnabrueck. Der Titel war "68 in Osnabrueck" oder so aehnlich - und das faszinierte mich natuerlich.
......
(1) Die Wirklichkeit ist unserem Denken prinzipiell zugaenglich
(1) N, non-N und D sind fuer unsere Reflexion prinzipiell zugaenglich
(2) non-N is ein eigenstaendiger Bereich. Er folgt bereichsspezifischen Regeln und kann mit Methoden erfasst werden, die spezifisch fuer non-N sind.
(3) N ist ein eigenstaendiger Bereich. Er folgt bereichsspezifischen Regeln und kann mit Methoden erfasst werden, die spezifisch fuer N sind.
(4) Die (irreduziblen) Bereiche N und non-N sind verbunden
..there is some part which is genetic. It is very remarkable that the genetic code is the same everywhere. On the other hand there are differences between chimpanzees and humans. Some people think that once we know about the genes we shall know the life forms and the human being. That is a very reductionist point of view. We see a lot of irreversible processes involved in the transcription of genetic information to create the embryo, as well as a lot of irreversible processes going after the birth.
......
We still don't understand completely the structure of the gene. Yet I don't think that once we understand the structure of the gene we shall see the meaning of man, because the genetic content of a mouse and a man are very similar. Therefore the non-genetic part of biology is very important. (p 63)