http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/2010/02/it-shouldnt-be-news-that-science-is-fallible/ Humanist perspectives on the here and now Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/2010/02/it-shouldnt-be-news-that-science-is-fallible/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Isabel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:42:56 +0000 http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/?p=1279#comment-370 IMHO, many people view Science as another "religion". Consequently, their view of Science is the result of their perception of religious belief: they see the world in absolute terms, it's black or white, right or wrong. They do not understand that, unlike religion, good Science thrives in the face of challenge. "Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law". (William James, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, 1910) IMHO, many people view Science as another “religion”. Consequently, their view of Science is the result of their perception of religious belief: they see the world in absolute terms, it’s black or white, right or wrong. They do not understand that, unlike religion, good Science thrives in the face of challenge. “Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law”. (William James, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, 1910)

]]> http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/2010/02/it-shouldnt-be-news-that-science-is-fallible/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Chris Street Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:01:08 +0000 http://www.humanistlife.org.uk/?p=1279#comment-363 science (is still) the best way of understanding the world... science (is still) the best way of understanding the world…

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