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The framing of "science becomes like a religion" is just projection, nothing else... For many of us, we just accept that science is, what it is, and its the fa
by supernovae 6y ago
The framing of "science becomes like a religion" is just projection, nothing else...
For many of us, we just accept that science is, what it is, and its the facts we know at this time. That doesn't mean unwavering absolute faith as implied by saying it's religious, it's just we don't feel the need to have knowledge be anything else other than knowledge that we continuously build upon.
Of course in general, lots of scientists know much more than other scientists and there is always bickering, people who have their identities married to it and so much more - but often times those very same people are often religious too so i question if the religiosity argument really exists or if its merely weaponized by people who fear the comfort of others who are ok with science without faith.
- knodi 6y agowell everything is a people thing because we’re people. What science offers is proof and data that can be reproduced. So no two scientists bickering is not the same as two theologian.
- supernovae 6y agobut to those who believe in theology it would appear as such...
- twodave 6y agoI appreciate the nuance here. As a person of faith one of the things I love most about both science and religion is the sheer amount of mystery there is in all of it. If there were no mystery in either, science would be dead and faith would be unnecessary. Yet science and religion pretend to be opposed. Throughout history the greatest clashes between faith and science have occurred when scientific understanding threatens the faith-based assumptions of the age. Imagine Abraham arguing with God over his request to sacrifice Isaac. Instead, he reasoned that God would find another way. Sometimes our understanding of religion limits our thinking with regard to not just science, but our faith as well.
- plutonorm 6y agoI'm an atheist. I also have a degree in comp sci a degree in Mathematics and a master's degree in mathematics. I read arxiv daily. I love science, I read constantly. Watching the cutting edge of science from afar is a passion of mine. I like to try to hold a holistic vision of it all in my head - an impossible task, but it keeps me busy. So, I'm not an enemy of science, I just dislike people harping on about 'impossible' from behind their keyboards when they have little more than a rudimentary knowledge of the subject at hand and too high an opinion of authority.
- PicassoCTs 6y ago"God doesn't play dice." and then he kind of did. (Einstein on Quantum-physics) Impossible is a absolute and science doesn't deal in absolutes. Just in likelihoods and observations.