Experiments

Hume.... In part 1, I agreed with Hume's view on how experience is fallible. Last semester I was in a Christian Ministries class that prepared us for the mission trips we were going that summer. We learned the different views of hot vs cold climates, and at the end of the semester we turned in a project that gave all the basics on the culture(s) we were visiting. There were several similarities in our cultures' common thought, but there were some differences as well. So I agree with Hume when he said, "Some events are found, in all countries and all ages, to have been constantly conjoined together: Others are found to have been more variable, and sometimes to disappoint our expectation..." Some of Moldova's cultural viewpoints disappointed my own. Not because Moldova was wrong, but they failed my expectations. Hume continues describing how the wise man tests his experiences before making them fact. I really enjoyed this; however, I saw it in a different light. Wise men and women do not take people's words for fact. Wise people test, experiment, what they are told or even experience. Just like in science. The first week of Chemistry Dr. Shelly said science discoveries do not come from one shouting "eureka" but rather one saying "that's funny". Once one has experienced something strange he or she experiments to see what caused that anomaly. That's what sets wise men and women apart. They go the extra step to see why or how. 

P.S. I commented on Eva Lockhart's.