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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6274976" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>"Old" does not mean "correct". </p><p></p><p>Those ancient folks, lacking the understanding of scientific discipline, saw *everything* as a gap, and filled it in with, "magic!" We've just been reducing the gaps over time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes. Science is attempting to replace what people already think. Because what people already think is often *wrong*. Science is trying to give the human race an ever-more accurate understanding of how the universe works.</p><p></p><p>So, you know, some folks used to think the Earth was at the center of the universe, and the stars were on crystal spheres around us - science brought us the more accurate heliocentric solar system and galaxies. Others used to think that diseases were caused by evil spirits - science replaced that with germ theory.</p><p></p><p>I find it pleasantly ironic that the very process of science that you seem to think is wrong brought you the computer that you're using to claim that the process of science is wrong. </p><p></p><p>To quote Randall:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]60920[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>With which I'm not really trying to call people names, but just using a popular author's comedy to drive the point home: We have gotten a whole lot out of science - pretty much all technological advancement since the Renaissance. Modern life in pretty much every developed country in the world is owed to science. It does, in fact, work. It may not be perfect, but it gets the job done. You have a long row to hoe to convince me we should disregard it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6274976, member: 177"] "Old" does not mean "correct". Those ancient folks, lacking the understanding of scientific discipline, saw *everything* as a gap, and filled it in with, "magic!" We've just been reducing the gaps over time. Yes. Science is attempting to replace what people already think. Because what people already think is often *wrong*. Science is trying to give the human race an ever-more accurate understanding of how the universe works. So, you know, some folks used to think the Earth was at the center of the universe, and the stars were on crystal spheres around us - science brought us the more accurate heliocentric solar system and galaxies. Others used to think that diseases were caused by evil spirits - science replaced that with germ theory. I find it pleasantly ironic that the very process of science that you seem to think is wrong brought you the computer that you're using to claim that the process of science is wrong. To quote Randall: [ATTACH=CONFIG]60920._xfImport[/ATTACH] With which I'm not really trying to call people names, but just using a popular author's comedy to drive the point home: We have gotten a whole lot out of science - pretty much all technological advancement since the Renaissance. Modern life in pretty much every developed country in the world is owed to science. It does, in fact, work. It may not be perfect, but it gets the job done. You have a long row to hoe to convince me we should disregard it. [/QUOTE]
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