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kxrain
post Jan 9 2008, 03:53 AM
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Does science answer all our questions??

The fact is, if we refer to scientific ideas science do answer all our question. I agree in scientific results. But when science and religion is involved in the situation I get confused. You who reads this do science answer your questions?
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post Jan 9 2008, 05:09 PM
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Short answer: Science always creates more questions than it answers.

Here is a simple illustration (I am paraphrasing). Near the end of the 19th Century, the claim was going around that all of physical science (speed of light, acceleration of gravity, etc) had been completed, and what remained was to refine the numbers to more decimal digits. This idea was popular, despite the fact that radioactive materials (uranium, radium) had recently been discovered, and their properties were only very vaguely understood.

Science is basically a way of looking at the world. It has no monopoly on truth, nor even on valuable understanding. The 20th century showed clearly that powerful personalities (Stalin, Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, Ghandi) can persuade tens of millions of people to move in one direction. This can swamp other human activities.

The Egyptians and Greeks knew the layout of the planets, the diameter of the Sun and many other very subtle features of the solar system (like the precession of Earth's poles) long before the birth of Jesus. It was not the science, but personalities, politics and battles that caused this information to be lost for more than 1,000 years.
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post Jan 9 2008, 10:08 PM
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There's that brain paradox, though I believe we'll build powerful enough computers.
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kxrain
post Jan 10 2008, 01:28 AM
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Well if we based in our thinking science is logical and scientific.
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post Jan 10 2008, 08:37 AM
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Well there's science that generally does answer all of our questions but then there's the religous people who go by the bible. That's where it gets annoying, religous vs science can be a pain.


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post Jan 10 2008, 09:48 AM
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yes thats true religion and science its really a pain. Religous theories are different from science theories..
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post Jan 11 2008, 04:50 AM
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Science doesn't answer all our questions. Nothing can answer all our questions. (For example, science can't answer the question "Cn science answer all our questions?", can it?)
It can answer certain types of questions, though. But as docduke pointed out, it also creates more questions.

It all depends on what sort of questions you want answered
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post Jan 11 2008, 01:59 PM
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QUOTE(Habble @ Jan 11 2008, 04:50 AM) *
Science doesn't answer all our questions. Nothing can answer all our questions. (For example, science can't answer the question "Cn science answer all our questions?", can it?)
It can answer certain types of questions, though. But as docduke pointed out, it also creates more questions.

It all depends on what sort of questions you want answered

Haha.. have you seen the HitchHikers guide to the galaxy film? It'll make you hate those questions.
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post Jan 11 2008, 09:12 PM
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Yes eventually even fundamental questions, like if god exists or why are we here.
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post Jan 13 2008, 02:49 AM
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QUOTE(toby @ Jan 11 2008, 01:59 PM) *
Haha.. have you seen the HitchHikers guide to the galaxy film? It'll make you hate those questions.

tongue.gif Yes I have, actually. I've also read the whole series.
I love the whole answer to life, the universe and everything. They need to know the question...
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