Can Science Explain Everything? [Spirituality & Religion]
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It will never be possible to know everything because the potential for new discoveries is practically infinite; the sun will burn out before we discover all that could be known.
But science has made great progress in understanding much more about our natural world than we knew 400 years ago.
It is gathering momentum in mathematics, tools of measurement, experimental design, research and analysis skills, and ethical responsibility.
I challenge people who choose not believe in science to cease using medical services when they have a health crisis.
Let them cease using mobile phones, the internet, air or mechanical forms of travel, electricity, and objects made from metals, glass, plastics or the industrial refining of natural materials.
Let them experience what life is like without the bi-products of science.
If they can still deny science after that, then they are hypocrites.
It will never be possible to know everything because the potential for new discoveries is practically infinite; the sun will burn out before we discover all that could be known.
But science has made great progress in understanding much more about our natural world than we knew 400 years ago.
It is gathering momentum in mathematics, tools of measurement, experimental design, research and analysis skills, and ethical responsibility.
I challenge people who choose not believe in science to cease using medical services when they have a health crisis.
Let them cease using mobile phones, the internet, air or mechanical forms of travel, electricity, and objects made from metals, glass, plastics or the industrial refining of natural materials.
Let them experience what life is like without the bi-products of science.
If they can still deny science after that, then they are hypocrites.
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@hartfire [quote]I challenge people who choose not believe in science to cease using medical services when they have a health crisis.[/quote]
There's true science and then there's pseudo science. Yahweh is the Author of true science.
There's true science and then there's pseudo science. Yahweh is the Author of true science.
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@GodSpeed63 What are the characteristics of pseudo-science?
@GodSpeed63 Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that [i]claim[/i] to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method.
Pseudoscience is often characterized by contradictory, exaggerated or unfalsifiable claims; reliance on confirmation bias rather than rigorous attempts at refutation; lack of openness to evaluation by other experts; absence of systematic practices when developing hypotheses; and continued adherence long after the pseudoscientific hypotheses have been discredited by experiment and proof.
References:
- Cover JA, Curd M, eds. (1998), Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues, pp. 1–82
- Hansson SO (2008), "Science and Pseudoscience", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, Section 2: The "science" of pseudoscience
Pseudoscience is often characterized by contradictory, exaggerated or unfalsifiable claims; reliance on confirmation bias rather than rigorous attempts at refutation; lack of openness to evaluation by other experts; absence of systematic practices when developing hypotheses; and continued adherence long after the pseudoscientific hypotheses have been discredited by experiment and proof.
References:
- Cover JA, Curd M, eds. (1998), Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues, pp. 1–82
- Hansson SO (2008), "Science and Pseudoscience", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, Section 2: The "science" of pseudoscience