Originally Posted by
SuicideDo
america has faith in science.
because science can be tested, observed, weighed, studied.
And because empirical inquiry is
the only reliable method we have for obtaining knowledge about the universe. Logic and reasoning help, but all they can offer are predictions of what ought be the case given our
current empirical knowledge. Our logic serves empiricism, and is continuously altered by it. (read: every big scientific breakthrough changed what we consider logical).
Study of the human emotion spectrum, thought itself, and even the matter of faith, are difficult, and off putting.
Study of human emotion and thought is a part of neuroscience (psychology too, but neuroscience more so), and is very much based on empirical data. Same goes for study of every other product or behavior of the human brain.
it's easier to have faith in something you can see and test, than to have faith in something you can only wait and see.
In a religious context, faith means confidence in something without any tangible evidence. So by applying the word faith to scientific method you are treading on thin ground.
But both are equally a matter of faith and not fact, for the fact of the matter is: there is no necessary reason that we *HAVE TO* advance ourselves, progress our technology, improve our scientific understanding of hte world.
...What?
there is no evidence that we have to do anything except be born and die (we really dont have a choice in either of those).
We don't
have to do bloody anything. We
want to do something to better our conditions and fulfill our desires.
So what do you care what happens between birth and death? why do you care? because you can.
....I just want to slap you in the mouth.
Last edited by Odlov; Apr 10, 2010 at 07:03 PM.