Natural Order and Science

[Harris]

Sorry, I thought he was referring to some natural phenomenon having some kind of designed inbuilt mechanism of self correction.

If he's disputing that science is self correcting then he really does not understand what the scientific method is and really is quite ignorant.

 Harris believes that an individual's conscience is a substitute for how science can be corrected. But an individual's conscience can be stubborn and never open for any correction, in particular, for an individual who believes that his religion is inerrant. In that case, there is no way the individual can correct his beliefs... unless he totally abandons his inerrant beliefs, which happens very very rarely.

It is not a matter of belief; it is a matter of fact. Conscience is a common and original inner voice that is free from any contamination of human desires. However, one can supress this voice for the sake of accomplishing his desires. It is just like empathy which is an original inner quality that is common in all humans but one can overwhelm this intrinsic feature for the sake of his pleasure as Stalin, Hitler, … had done.

Every man in the world who is capable of beating woman or raping a child can commit such merciless crimes only by killing his conscience and empathy for the sake of his pleasure.