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Science is as much predicated in faith as any religion. (Faith that people correctly report the "truth", etc.). The congregations of, let's say, Newtonian physi
by xkcd-sucks 8y ago
Science is as much predicated in faith as any religion. (Faith that people correctly report the "truth", etc.). The congregations of, let's say, Newtonian physics may be pretty skeptical, as they can examine claims by throwing a ball around, but most modern "hard" science takes place on scales too small or large for any person to observe. That takes a lot of faith in instrumentation and models.
- leereeves 8y agoThe fact that your computer works is proof that our theories about very small scales are extremely accurate. You only have to depend on faith if you don't understand the math.