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Originally Posted by cdn2wheeler  The scientific method isn't all about white lab coats and fancy machines with dials and lights and microscopes and wild-haired physicists and all the rest. It's simply a way of looking at the world, based on evidence.
Because it's the only method we have that works. It's certainly not foolproof, but with proper controls and systems it can provide a reasonably accurate view of the world.
Scientists are just as prone to dogma as anyone else, by the way. Yes, there are some that would dismiss experiences like yours out-of-hand because it doesn't fit with their view of the world.
But that's not a good basis for inquiry. It presupposes certain "realities" which may, nor may not, be accurate.
That's why constant testing and revising of hypotheses are so crucial.
EXACTLY!!
You absolutely nailed it. By asking questions, seeking evidence and creating hypothesis, scientists in 200 years WILL be laughing at us! I have absolutely no doubt about that whatsoever. |
Who funds the scientists, and why.
200 years seems like a long time. But it is nothing, an undeveloped speck, compared to the minimum 40,000 years, quite probably 120,000 years of success enjoyed by Indigenous Australians, who had a Spiritual world view. They were able to cope with ice ages, mega fauna and other dramatic changes... just not science and its real message, bullets, whips, poison and disease. Which destroyed all that in no time, like an uncontrolled child throwing a tantrum and smashing everything in the vicinity. Plenty of proof there.