To: Bingo Jerry
Science is just a means for separating what we know from what we don't know. Thus when correctly applied it's never wrong, it's just sometimes incomplete.
Science really isn't about absolute truth or reality. Its about understanding the world around us in ways that allow us to create technology that benefits mankind. Some sciences like evolution try to paint a picture of the past with fossils and genetic information. Other ones like theories about element and molecules allow us to create computers. Some are directly testable and others are not.
Most theories change over time as new information is developed. And earlier notions get thrown away. If science is a truth, it is a forever shifting one
To: microgood
Most theories change over time as new information is developed. And earlier notions get thrown away. If science is a truth, it is a forever shifting oneBut it always knows which of its truths are tentative and which are more certain. The truths it has discovered that the world is round, the moon orbits it, etc. are forever.
299 posted on
03/10/2006 7:55:38 PM PST by
Bingo Jerry
(Bing-freaking-go!)
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