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I think people just yearn for certainties and unchangeable anchors in reality, which is why the beliefs that something is designed made by one constant being or
by ilyt 3y ago
I think people just yearn for certainties and unchangeable anchors in reality, which is why the beliefs that something is designed made by one constant being or force of nature are so prevalent.
"You told me this is reality and now it changed, why I should believe in it again?"
Schools don't get into people's heads how science works enough, and how it is less "discovering the truth" and more "narrowing the uncertainty on how stuff works"
- LeifCarrotson 3y agoAbsolutely! > "You told me this is reality and now it changed, why I should believe in it again?" Because that's not what "belief" ought to mean. When you were told that scientific thing in the past, you should have been told that it was believed to be that way using this flawed collection of evidence, analyzed and synthesized by imperfect intelligences, which should have lead to that postulate about reality holding an asterisk with whatever degree of confidence it deserved. If that uncertainty is something you can't accept, maybe science (and reality) is not for you. Try mathematics instead.