02-16-2016, 10:09 AM
I know I am stepping in it.
However, I believe faith in science is the same as faith in religion. We will likey need to take this somewhere else like pigs arse, knowing I am likely stirring Erthona up, but it still relates to the poem so far.
Conclusions based on the scientific method are inherently inductive, meaning you have to believe that given the same circumstances, the same results generally follow. This was noted most clearly by Hume to be circular reasoning; ie, the reason we expect scientifically proven things to produce the same results is because they keep producing the same results, therefore they will produce the same results in the future.
So, believing science or religion is still based on belief, as proof is inductive and if you believe it is predictive, it's a circular argument.
However, I believe faith in science is the same as faith in religion. We will likey need to take this somewhere else like pigs arse, knowing I am likely stirring Erthona up, but it still relates to the poem so far.
Conclusions based on the scientific method are inherently inductive, meaning you have to believe that given the same circumstances, the same results generally follow. This was noted most clearly by Hume to be circular reasoning; ie, the reason we expect scientifically proven things to produce the same results is because they keep producing the same results, therefore they will produce the same results in the future.
So, believing science or religion is still based on belief, as proof is inductive and if you believe it is predictive, it's a circular argument.