(October 9, 2013 at 1:07 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(October 9, 2013 at 12:51 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Only in Christian WOO WOO land does this mean anything different.Or according to Steven Pinker.
Steven Pinker on Scientism
BTW, I notice you only attack me. Apo, called you a moron too.
Can science be used to do horrible things? DUH! But Pinker is an idiot for thinking other atheists don't already know this. It still would NOT default to a god needed to explain a damned thing.
The ETHICS of science also require SCIENCISTS TO BE QUESTIONED. Any human venture, left without checks on it can go off the rails and be abused, that does not mean humans should throw up our hands and stop seeking answers.
Science is a tool, and like any tool, like a hammer, you can use it to build a house, or crack someone in the skull. You cannot blame the hammer(method) for what the person uses it for.
Humans run everything in life, politics, religion, business AND science. Abuse of power is the issue, not the tool of scientific method itself.