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I agree that the scientific method is the best approach towards finding objective truth (which is of course precisely what it is designed to do). The problem is
by norir 2y ago
I agree that the scientific method is the best approach towards finding objective truth (which is of course precisely what it is designed to do). The problem is placing objective truth above all other truths. It annihilates subjectivity, which is possibly the most crucial element of being human. And of course formal science has limitations on the truths that it can reveal in its own system (the uncertainty principle) and on a practical level every known scientific theory, no matter how successful, breaks down at some level (see quantum gravity).
All of which is to say that my stance is: embrace science but accept its limitations.
- MrMcCall 2y agoThat is well put. Know that the key to human existence is the fact that, by changing one's attitudes, behaviors, and thought processes, one has also changed one's subjective viewpoint, by expanding both one's field of view and one's depth of comprehension, so long as those changes are harmonious with compassion. Our most important capability is being able to self-evolve (with the help of the universe) ourselves beyond our more primal impulses and towards our more abstract endeavors such as selfless service to mankind.
- jfactorial 2y agoCan you give an example of a subjective truth?