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mookeywrench

know1 wrote:

dignin wrote:

You bet I have "faith' in science....and you should too. Just take a step back and think where we would be without it.

Seeing actual progress that's been made because of it is not faith.

I'm talking about taking the scientists at their word for all the things you really can't see or understand.

People in the field of science want exactly the opposite. They want people to prove them wrong and to challenge their findings, that's how advancements are made.

know1

mookeywrench wrote:

know1 wrote:

dignin wrote:

You bet I have "faith' in science....and you should too. Just take a step back and think where we would be without it.

Seeing actual progress that's been made because of it is not faith.

I'm talking about taking the scientists at their word for all the things you really can't see or understand.

People in the field of science want exactly the opposite. They want people to prove them wrong and to challenge their findings, that's how advancements are made.

I understand that, but it's not my point. For the general population, when they hear a scientist speak on something they've discovered or whatever, it takes a faith to believe what they are hearing is true.

hedonist

know1 wrote:

mookeywrench wrote:

know1 wrote:

Seeing actual progress that's been made because of it is not faith.

I'm talking about taking the scientists at their word for all the things you really can't see or understand.

People in the field of science want exactly the opposite. They want people to prove them wrong and to challenge their findings, that's how advancements are made.

I understand that, but it's not my point. For the general population, when they hear a scientist speak on something they've discovered or whatever, it takes a faith to believe what they are hearing is true.

I agree with this, though I'd say it starts with the desire to believe what science is saying is the truth.

Or maybe they're the same thing, in the end?

I don't know...to quote Fuck Me in the Brain - "I don't believe nothin! -- even if it's true."

It's so difficult to trust what we're fed these days - one study cancels out the next, research "changes", so many (re)sources of information.

I think I've come to the point where I'm just living as it appeals to my conscience and my common sense (and my hedonism :P ), and not put too much stock into the surrounding noise.

dignin

know1 wrote:

mookeywrench wrote:

know1 wrote:

Seeing actual progress that's been made because of it is not faith.

I'm talking about taking the scientists at their word for all the things you really can't see or understand.

People in the field of science want exactly the opposite. They want people to prove them wrong and to challenge their findings, that's how advancements are made.

I understand that, but it's not my point. For the general population, when they hear a scientist speak on something they've discovered or whatever, it takes a faith to believe what they are hearing is true.

I'm curious and would like to know where your distrust of scientists come from? Do you have any examples to share?

know1

dignin wrote:

I'm curious and would like to know where your distrust of scientists come from? Do you have any examples to share?

Again. My point is not my own distrust.

My point is that it takes faith for most people to believe most science.