And yet it seems to me everything that science does is based on faith of some kind — just not faith in God.
Exactly... and “What do you know for sure”....
The meager ability of human senses and even intellect is the base of not only faith but lack of faith..
Having faith in anything is a “jump into the blue”...
Source of “ART”, “Music”, even “cuisine”, creativity of any kind..
Jumping into the blue is courageous.. “gutsy”, and profound..
Look at the varied religions man has invented to answer a quest for GOD... the ultimate creator..
it’s downright genius the “GODS”(of both genders) man has created.. morphed.. and crafted...
Even philosophical GODS.. intellectual specters.. mental figment idols.. concept totems.. brain amulets.. idiom talismans..
“FAITH”... in what’s not there... “YET”...
Or is there but you can’t see it.. “Yet”..
Or isn’t there but you want it be.........
Seems it’s almost impossible for a human to not have faith in something...
Is something “Impossible”... seems not having FAITH IS..
Maybe “science” is the Art of trying to NOT have faith..
Seems so, sometimes.. the creative urge to jettison faith..
If so then science is a cartoon.. but I don’t minimize humor..
I have faith in humor..
Good call, dear brother!
What "science" wants is certainty. But, although certainty is impossible in this world in principle, they keep seeking it; for the alternative — faith — is just too "scary."
Great essay/post, dear 'pipe! Thank you!!!