Science will surely destroy the planet

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Just one overarching one -- considering that I joined your ridicu-fucking-lous premise together so people can obviously see the disconnect --

I think you'd have to be pretty unobservant not to see that technology is getting exponentially cheaper to produce, more powerful/advanced, and more widely available year by year. Just look at computers. They used to fill up buildings, now something you carry in your pocket is many times more powerful.

I guess you've never heard of the law of accelerating returns?

http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-law-of-acc...ng-returns

Just one overarching one -- considering that I joined your ridicu-fucking-lous premise together so people can obviously see the disconnect --

What the hell is this garbage doing here and how long did it take you to ball it up?

The entire point of how you named this thread and wrote the content is to serve as a 'loaded' question showing that 'science' is somehow not as pure or is as bad as something else (noting you're a self declared cosmic jewish zombie death cultist, that 'something' is probably your cocksucking sand god).

This is not only a waste of space, but I'm surprised you could even draw in a breath properly without inhaling your own shit, as I can only figure you got this far by sticking your head where the sun don't shine.

I, personally, hope you don't stay around long at all. There are more where the likes of you came from (despite all reason to the contrary telling people to smother said likes in the cradle).

I created the thread to show that the march of technology will eventually empower anyone on the planet to create a weapon which could potentially destroy it. You've offered no coherent argument as to why this isn't true, but rather are railing against me because I took a shot at your sacred cow.

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but our bodies are not our own.

Speak for your own body!! My body is my own. Who do you suggest owns my body?

As for this ridiculous theory that technology is going to kill us all-

What do you think will motivate this?



My money is on religion.

I mean that we belong to God, therefore this right to choose idea is merely a free will choice to do right or wrong.

I'm sure you and I would agree on the topic of religious extremism in the world. This clearly isn't the only problem, however, that threatens humanity. Look at the atheistic regimes of the 20th century. If Hitler got the nuke first, likely we'd all be speaking german today. Crazies will always find a reason to do something nuts, and if they can't find one, they'll invent one.

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Science, to me, is everything. It answers questions. It gives hope through medicine, technology, space exploration. It gave us answers on how we got here (yes Darwin). It makes life easier, i can talk to you lot who are mostly 4000 miles away because of the internet, which is also science. I can get to work by car, thank you science. If i feel a bit depressed i can call my girlfriend from anywhere, thank you science. It gives people hope of better things in their lifetimes. Religion gives a feeble promise of immortality in a future unproven life, through obedience .

Science doesn't fly planes into buildings or start crusades.

I agree, science has done some great things. I don't hate science. In fact I grew up with a love for science, and wanted to be an astronomer when I grew up. One of my favorite books as a child was "Cosmos". So, it's not that I have a grudge against science. I just happen to see its limitations, and I can clearly see that the power it is putting into our hands is not to be trifled with. Further, that human beings cannot be trusted with that kind of power.

The idea that science can explain everything, which for many is a way of life, is called scientism. This is the faith that science is the only method of obtaining truth. Yet, this is clearly false..It certainly doesn't tell us anything about God, or moral values, or why science is even possible. It has nothing to say about logic, or mathematics, which are immaterial concepts..these it must presuppose. As hume said, you can't get an ought from an is. Chemicals can't tell you why you ought to do anything. There are many things which cannot be investigated by science:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTZulFzY1mI

I won't speak for religion, just for my faith. It is not just a promise of an eternal future, it is to have life, and that abundently. I am not waiting to die, I am trying to live life to its fullest, and maximize the impact for good that I can have in this world before I do leave. I receive the benefits in the here and now, through Christ, and what is after this is a pearl of price, but the joy is ever present, and love is always near.