Philosophical ideas and acting "as though"

[bennyboy]

Science should inform our behavior and practices?

Scientific truth should inform our world view, i.e. our core understanding at the most fundamental level.

Well, people tend not to consider science as a cultural and ritual practice system. Why do you think science should be treated more this way?

Because we are not allowing our world views, to reflect truth when we discover it.  Just acknowledging that the science of the day tells us X and Y is not the same as learning to look at our experiences through X and Y.


You ask this question, but I believe the OP gives a pretty clear example of why I think science should be treated more this way: an understanding of the mechanism of the brain should lead us to moderate our thoughts about, and our responses to, other people.  But few people do this, and those rarely.

This is because understanding brain function or determinism on paper is not the same thing as training one's mind to actually perceive other people's behavior through understanding-colored glasses.