jstrodel Wrote:FallenToReason that may be how scientists study science, but the vast majority of people who study science study it as an authoritative tradition, rather than as a set of ideas that are personally discernable to them.
Mr. Clifford wasn't a scientist, therefore, he couldn't have been talking about his own field. No, rather, he was justifying why we can rest assured that the scientific method is reliable. Such a notion is of course obvious in real life; what started as a ground-breaking theory later became the principle for creating e.g. microwaves, biofuel, airplanes etc. therefore it is evident that this "sacred tradition" has a way of weeding out the false and holding onto the truth which then manifests itself through human invention and innovation.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
