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In reply to the discussion: Is science a religion? [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)127. To be fair, it may depend upon which branch of science we're discussing.
I would submit that, as you move away from the human scale, science becomes more and more dependent upon assumptions, and assumptions dependent upon other assumptions, and this requires more and more faith that the assumptions hold true.
There's nothing wrong with that, it's part of the process of discovery. The faith part diminishes as more evidence is collected, but it's there.
The faith is there, otherwise it would all just be trial and error.
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Revising and improving interpretations of the stories, and writing new stories
Htom Sirveaux
Apr 2015
#7
I didn't say that the stories got revised, I said the interpretations did.
Htom Sirveaux
Apr 2015
#12
it is only a small cult here who do that as part of a team building exercise.
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2015
#17
I see no way in which science can be characterized as a religion, despite some similarities.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2015
#18
I think that refers to stubborn insistence that one's position is the singular exclusive position...
NYC_SKP
Apr 2015
#25
I find it extremely aggravating to argue with the scientifically illiterate...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2015
#20
I think some people believe in science in the same way others believe in God.
Agnosticsherbet
Apr 2015
#34
I see no evidence that the act of belief in the human mind is different whether it be science or god.
Agnosticsherbet
Apr 2015
#41
Give 'em a break, SS. They're basically homeless (their words) on that yacht in Mexico.
cleanhippie
Apr 2015
#93
"Religion gives an explanation based on reason, not cause and effect."
beam me up scottie
Apr 2015
#61
your use of the word reason was an example of an equivocation fallacy.
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2015
#66
Poor GG really had to torture quotes to even pretend that they answered my questions
skepticscott
Apr 2015
#122
I just pointed to a thread (and a post you didn't answer at the time) from three years ago
LTX
Apr 2015
#125
The truth. You haz it. Science and Religion are different iterations of the same human natures...
NYC_SKP
Apr 2015
#128
We can have both, we do and we must and we always will have both. And, both depend upon faith.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2015
#86
Yes, viruses and religion have also been with humankind throughout history
skepticscott
Apr 2015
#91
Nope. Language, greed, and organization into communities are not exclusively human.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2015
#101
no, science is not a relig.. BUT if it were it would be one worth dying for, nuts & bolts that's all
juxtaposed
Apr 2015
#110