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Originally Posted by Brutha  I wouldn't think that this is the case. The may not know the full biography of Tesla, but they will neverless have heard something about him. Even in my physic class at high school I learned something about Tesla. |
Considering the tesla is an SI unit for magnetic flux, E.E. majors who don't know, at the very least, the word probably shouldn't have graduated.
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Originally Posted by Nicketas Also consider the science and religion both fulfill different needs.
Science asks "how"
Religion asks "why" |
This is Einstein's answer, though you notice Einstein's perspective on religion is decidedly unfavorable.
One notable problem I've discovered is that many people will make a religion out of science. Such people make it extraordinarily difficult to convince religious persons that science is not out to get them. I prefer to make a science out of religion; I've noticed that religious
and non-religious people are equally wary of this.
Science is characterized by skepticism; religion by certainty. You cannot be certain if you doubt, and you cannot doubt if you are certain. But if it were that simple, we would have resolved our differences by now. Instead, we have annoying bits like Sir Isaac Newton, the case of Discovery (of Planetary Motion) via Faith, and Doubting Thomas, the case of Faith (in the Resurrection) via Discovery.
We are certain of many things, but we shouldn't be. Atheists like to reference airplanes and computers and such as examples of the triumph of science. Theists like to reference the same as examples of faith.
Science is the discovery of predictability, yes, but more accurately, it's the practice of declaring, "I'm not wrong yet." A scientist can never be certain; the data can always match a different theory.
Airplanes fly, yes, but will they always? Computers function, yes, but will they always? Nothing, not even these, should be taken for granted. I'm not suggesting you be afraid of them; of course not. But don't make it a matter of faith, either. Know. And doubt.