So...guess I'm the new guy

[Vincenzo Vinny G.]

The simple question is this:

Is it necessarily true, that science will one day be omniscient, given enough time?

This is the question. Because this is what your scientism boils down to. That science will one day be omniscient, give you omnipotence and lead to some utopia.

I don't see how scientism is any different from a religion, that believes a messiah will one day become omniscient and omnipotent and lead you to heaven. How is religion different from scientism?

All I'm telling you is you need to be skeptical of the omniscience of science.

What? No, no it isn't true. No-one ever claimed it was. Everything is in a constant state of flux. Its impossible to know anything with absolute certainty let alone everything. I'm not even sure why you needed to ask, the answer would seem rather obvious.

"Omniscience of science"? "Scientism"? "Utopia"? Who on earth have you been talking to thats been teaching you this utter tripe? Science is "the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural". Its a method to learn more about the world we live in and one that has proven the most effective. Thats all it is. Until another one that proves more effective is presented thats the one we should use as its yielded the most accurate results using reproducible methods.

As far as I know it isn't possible to be omnipotent but do let me know if you have evidence to the contrary won't you?

I wouldn't even go as far as to place my faith in science as the best source of knowledge. Sure, it has led to great developments and nifty little gadgets. Nintendo? I mean come on, who doesn't love Nintendo?

But I think the greatest source of knowledge, the source that we ought to turn to instead of science is intuition.

I don't mean intuition as a part of science. I mean the practice of figuring things out about the world.

I know it sounds backwards. It sounds ludicrous. But there's more to it than that. Human intuition is by far the greatest contributor to the success of the species, its achievements eclipsing that of science by far.