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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7766066" data-attributes="member: 177">Um, no.&nbsp; Our understanding of biology, evolution, other sciences - these things can be replicated by experiment, in a way that no &quot;mythology&quot; ever can.&nbsp; We create new, objective events on the basis of our science, so it isn't just a matter of how we organize our understanding.&nbsp; It is how we impact the universe around it.You are typing away at a computer.&nbsp; No &quot;paradigm shift&quot; that says that computer doesn't work is going to happen, because, in the end, the computer still demonstrably works, and we already know how, because we built it.&nbsp; Since science, as a practice, took hold, our paradigm shifts have all been in areas of new observation - we have paradigm shifts when we can see bigger and smaller things, gain precision and scope.&nbsp; But, that means that all the stuff we have previously been able to observe, theorize about, and test are still true.&nbsp; Einstein's relativity reduces to Newtonian mechanics down in the areas that Newton was able to measure in - because Newton was basically correct.&nbsp; The paradigm shift was about things bigger and faster than we could generally see before.But the development of life is about things on the scales we already see - life is, in the end, about chemistry and self-organizing systems.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7766066, member: 177"] Um, no. Our understanding of biology, evolution, other sciences - these things can be replicated by experiment, in a way that no "mythology" ever can. We create new, objective events on the basis of our science, so it isn't just a matter of how we organize our understanding. It is how we impact the universe around it. You are typing away at a computer. No "paradigm shift" that says that computer doesn't work is going to happen, because, in the end, the computer still demonstrably works, and we already know how, because we built it. Since science, as a practice, took hold, our paradigm shifts have all been in areas of new observation - we have paradigm shifts when we can see bigger and smaller things, gain precision and scope. But, that means that all the stuff we have previously been able to observe, theorize about, and test are still true. Einstein's relativity reduces to Newtonian mechanics down in the areas that Newton was able to measure in - because Newton was basically correct. The paradigm shift was about things bigger and faster than we could generally see before. But the development of life is about things on the scales we already see - life is, in the end, about chemistry and self-organizing systems. [/QUOTE]

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