RE: Is science the only way to knowledge?
October 15, 2013 at 3:42 pm
(This post was last modified: October 15, 2013 at 3:44 pm by Vincenzo Vinny G..)
(October 15, 2013 at 9:46 am)Ben Davis Wrote:(September 27, 2013 at 10:36 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: Is science the only way to knowledge?
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YES!!1! ONE DAY SCIENCE WILL DEMONSTRATE EVEN THE ALGORITHMS FOR BEAUTY, GRIEF AND GOOD MUSIC!!!!ONE!!
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That's what you were after, wasn't it?
I was! Most atheists who can put two brain cells pleasure themselves on the science vs religion dichotomy and come to treat science itself as an object of religious affection. The result being, quite naturally, the delusion that science answers all questions.
But to have this position you must (1) be familiar with science and how it works, and (2) be smart enough to distinguish between how religion sees knowledge vs how science sees knowledge. Ironically many people here don't even have enough of an interest in science to agree with the false dichotomy of science vs religion.
Ignorance can be progress, it seems!