Faith in Science?

[JuliaL]

What if certain truths (or the "Truth") are dangerous in the end? Would it still be rational to pursue it, or to share it?

I ask the same questions. Is this truth hunt really a good idea?
It may be in ones best interest to know the truth. It might lead one to the best course of action to a selected goal, be that personal happiness, conquest or something else. But there is a mid-ground in science between ignorance and knowledge. 30 years ago we honestly thought that burning lots of coal would solve our energy problems. We did not realize the pitfalls. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and the hubris that motivates the pursuit of truth goes before a fall. We really think we can do it. But Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you miserable.
If the Persians had prayed to Allah (PBUHN (peanut butter under his nose)) for the full millennium and a half of Islam's existence, they still couldn't have built a nuclear device. That took science.
Christianity grew over a full 2000 years of suffering, but it wasn't until science gave us a lever with which to unbalance ecosystems that we became influential enough to rival an asteroid hit in number of caused species extinctions.
Admittedly, physicians used to be able kill their patients with bleeding, physics or dead pigeons on the forehead, but real deadliness comes from doctors who think they know what they are doing armed with drugs with actual potency. If I remember correctly, it was the NIH that had to up its estimate of doctor caused fatalities by over 100%. I think they originally estimated 100,000/year in the U.S. Now that's just the deaths cause by pharmacological "side effects."
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articl...t-one.aspx

106,000 -- non-error, negative effects of drugs

I use Larry, the creator of YHWH, Allah etc, the first meta-god, followed by Moe and Curley against presups. But the real master of our multi-verse is Murphy.
A co-worker of mine says there are only three possible reactions to an event, laugh, cry or yell. I choose to laugh.