(February 19, 2013 at 2:08 pm)BeeDeePee Wrote: They are not metaphysical today, when scientists can use a lot of methods to test whether they are true or not. But they were metaphysical in the past when it was not possible.
There is a vast difference between something being untestable due to constraints from the current body of knowledge and something being metaphysical. Something doesn't simply stop being metaphysical once we are able to test it. It either is or isn't metaphysical, regardless of human capabilities.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
