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October 22, 2004
The Purpose and Usefulness of Science
With increasing frequency "Religion Vs Science" debates go on -- people well versed in science squealing that anybody who could believe in X is silly, and people with strong religious beliefs shouting that anybody that doesn't believe X is going to hell.
I don't pretend to have the Ultimate Answer to this question (other than the obligatory 42). Instead, I have to offer up what I think is the most insightful comments about the role science can play in our understanding of the nature of the world that I have encountered in a long, long time.
808140 a Slashdot member, recently discussed science's fundamental inability to grant [some of] the answers we desire. Writes 808140:
You see, science (especially in popular consciousness) is seen as the discipline which endeavors to answer the question "why?" with respect to various observable phenomena. These questions have been at the center of human thought for well, ever. We created religion in its various forms to answer this very class of questions.
I think the post is an interesting read. Find the rest here . (source: Slashdot)
-- The Shelanman
Posted by andrew at October 22, 2004 08:13 AM
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