> The same could be said of narrative tradition, I disagree, I hold in very high regard the truth of traditions, but they clearly lack an internal method to c

> The same could be said of narrative tradition, I disagree, I hold in very high regard the truth of traditions, but they clearly lack an internal method to correct wrong assumptions. They have an external method, that is a society dies and a "better" one take its place. Science does not need to (either figuratively or literally) die to fix wrong information. With a stretch of the meaning then, ok. But it is like saying that evolution will create the perfect creature eventually without mentioning that everything resembling us will be long dead at that point.