(March 22, 2022 at 6:35 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(March 22, 2022 at 11:28 am)Istvan Wrote: Please choose the option you feel better describes scientific inquiry:
1) Science is a self-correcting construct through which we discover truths about the universe. Scientific inquiry is rigorously unbiased and self-critical, and is applicable to any area of human endeavor. Our knowledge corresponds to how objective reality is, independent of human existence.
2) Science is a human construct with all the biases and cultural influences that entails, and is inextricably linked to war, politics and business. The knowledge it produces merely imposes order on the chaos of phenomena to make it comprehensible to humans.
I agree with #1; I am not sure why anyone would regard it as being mistaken.
Me too.
#1 might be overstated. But that's OP's fault and not science's fault as far as I'm concerned.