Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...both men go wrong in extending scientific speculation far beyond the bounds of scientific evidence. Liebowitz parlays his limited success in drug therapy into an apparent belief that the pleasures of romantic love are little different from those of recreational drugs. Sperry praises "science as the proven Number I method available for answering problems," and suggests that science and religion will join in "a new theology, one that would promote the values of conservation, renewable energy sources, and the like..." Both books are laughable--in their own dangerous...
Like Liebowitz, Sperry asks too much of science and the scientific method for solving problems. The successes of science have so blinded him to the importance of irrational ethics and traditional practice that he finds them useless. Instead, he asks science to take over their proper roles...
Science is inherently inadequate for determining values; this is no shortcoming. The scientific method has proved valuable for solving simple problems and answering simple questions. But when we try to use it as a guide for our personal lives or global politics, we will arrive--incorrectly--in Liebowitz' brave new world or Sperry's confused world order...
While the university has not commented on the dismissal, the formal reason could have been Kuron's failure to take required courses in political education. However, depriving the children of dissidents of access to higher education has been a common method of punishment in East European countries...
...record labels view video from a different standpoint economics. Video presents a less expensive alternative to touring as a method of promoting a new band. "Spend $20,000 on a video, aired once on MTV, and seven million people will see it. On a tour, that pays for ten gigs, with maybe 100 people at each one" calculates A & M Records' Hernando Cartwright Epic's Wingate added "since a video is far more effective, almost every artist would rather have a video...