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Originally Posted by peter12
There's nothing wrong with science. It's just collecting and analyzing data, from a methodological perspective it's been around ever since Aristotle said we should measure things with our senses, rather than just our imagination.
The interpretation of scientific data is become very "religious," in my opinion. Fervently so, in fact. Natural events should have no impact upon our human understanding of the truth.
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Science is not a religion, nor do scientists claim that their findings are the word of god to be worshiped for all eternity. That a few people mistake scientific knowledge as absolute truth (rather than a best approximation at the present moment) does not give religion an equal footing at all.
The beauty of science is the idea that any statement must be disprovable. A non-scientist practioner of this idea, forced to use logic and experience instead of a microscope, might be just as opinionated as any religious person -- perhaps even moreso. But at least they can admit they're wrong. A religious person won't because that would require a total change in their world view. What? Wrong about that... but that must mean my belief system is not absolutely true and ... GAGH CORE DUMP UNEXPECTED INPUT BLARGHHHHH 0x234454556 ... REBOOTING