tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18156735.post2455804834767355871..comments2023-10-29T17:43:27.054+07:00Comments on café salemba: Why Science Matters (and Conspiracy Theory Doesn't)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18156735.post-59460656680886498242008-06-19T05:17:00.000+07:002008-06-19T05:17:00.000+07:00irma: how do you test whether science is an approp...irma: how do you test whether science is an appropriate method to understand nature?<BR/><BR/>my test would be to see if it works. science, so far as i know, works. it works regardless of your subjective outlook on things.<BR/><BR/>take gravity. one who says gravity is subjective would simply be a hypocrite, because i bet he wouldn't dare to free jump from a building.<BR/><BR/>now contrast this to love, and the likes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18156735.post-60372351751582288122008-06-18T17:31:00.000+07:002008-06-18T17:31:00.000+07:00I doubt that many self-proclaimed scientists genui...I doubt that many self-proclaimed scientists genuinely see the virtues of empiricism. Many simply adopted what our science proponents have said to be great about science (namely those you quoted above: discovering nature through careful observation, systematic testing, and what not), without testing themselves whether science IS the appropriate method to understanding life.<BR/><BR/>Doesn't that sound a bit dogmatic too? What's more important here? the content of your beliefs, or how you arrive to them? What if you end up believing that love (yep, all those squishy mooshy stuff) is the answer to all aspects of life, and yet you arrived to this conclusion through careful introspection and contemplation, wide readings on various investigative methods on love (including psychological, metaphysical, any discipline you can think of), and even by experiencing both events that support and disprove 'the power of love'? <BR/>(now you know I'm talking rubbish here)<BR/><BR/>IrmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com