Did you know that science is not absolute but it's durable?
Yup. It's also influenced by.....humans.....who aren't free of error. *shocker*
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UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
Science is merely a collection of abstracted data points made to conform to the observed reality. Abstractions are never 100% correct, mind you pretty much all conscious thought is abstraction, they're just a case of 'good enough.'
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
@offingg: It is indeed trial and error, but that in itself is an abstract construct. Abstraction has everything to do with it. Mathematics is nothing but abstraction and it is the foundation of modern science, which is now primarily created through making mathematical models which conform to the observed reality. A form of very heavy abstraction.
Trying to imply more than that is moving into the realm of quackery, imo, though a lot of scientists love to do it and act like they have some kind of key to the secrets of the universe. Really we just work off of what we can observe, and we get proven wrong pretty often even when we're [i]really sure[/i] we had it right.
Trying to imply more than that is moving into the realm of quackery, imo, though a lot of scientists love to do it and act like they have some kind of key to the secrets of the universe. Really we just work off of what we can observe, and we get proven wrong pretty often even when we're [i]really sure[/i] we had it right.