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That you have faith in the ability of the scientific method to ultimately reveal objective truths about the universe.
by markdown 5y ago
That you have faith in the ability of the scientific method to ultimately reveal objective truths about the universe.
- Cederfjard 5y agoAnd, I guess, that you believe that there’s a scientific establishment that adheres to that method, and that the results it generates are disseminated faithfully to society at large.
- ekianjo 5y agoWhy do you need to have faith ? The scientific method is all about proof.
- nickff 5y agoAt some point, you just have to believe, if you want to go much deeper, you get into epistemology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
- angelzen 5y agoThat is precisely the point where Science ends. The notion that Science can and should provide a full account of the Universe in all its complex glory is a very strange idea, conveniently promoted by those holding the credential purse strings, aka the Science hierarchy.
- t0bia_s 5y agoProof is changing over time.
- nickff 5y agoI (mostly) agree with your definition, but the word 'ultimately' does a lot of work there. Many people who use 'believe in (the) science' are actually asserting that science already revealed the objective truths of the matter in question.