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Which is fine, if science has a fighting chance in such a marketplace. But the inherent humility and uncertainty of rigourous science is often no match for sna
by abalashov 10y ago
Which is fine, if science has a fighting chance in such a marketplace.
But the inherent humility and uncertainty of rigourous science is often no match for snake oil and demagoguery, as we know.
- dagw 10y agoDisagree very much. Church attendance all over Europe is declining at a significant rate, and even among those still attending, the number of people who truly believe is dropping. And even among those few who still truly believe the general consensus is strongly in favour of science and the scientific method. Science not only has a fighting chance, it is dominating.
- abalashov 10y agoFor a stark contrast, come visit the USA! :-)
- Neliquat 10y agoIts down here too... just try to find a city where they havent turned many an old church into a b&b, goth disco, or yuppie homes (thanks to grandfathered zoning exemptions in residential areas). Sure southern baptists and penicostals are a bit nutty in comparison, but louder =/= more.
- ooqr 10y agoReligion can still hold on to the fact that the only position you can actually arrive at by reason alone is agnosticism. Hostility toward science by religion is irrational and self-defeating, as is the converse.