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  • set0

    Science is the way forward but is painfully ignorant and arrogant. Science once thought the sun revolved around the earth and I'm sure in the future they'll be laughing at a lot of the 'scientific' beliefs we have now.

    • That possibility is what makes it so great!monospaced
    • takes them 100s of years to correct themselves though - slows our development down.fadein11
    • that's not true in the slightestmonospaced
    • okay mono - you are right again.fadein11
    • oh c'mon, the progress in physics alone shows that the theories are being refined regularly.monospaced
    • what took hundreds of years to correct? most modern scientific progress has happened only within the last two centuries alonemonospaced
    • yep you are right - after reading many science books though - scientists who are proved wrong often die without admitting defeatfadein11
    • defeat - but thats a problem with the individuals I guess - which is who I was moaning about. often v.closed off people - tunnel visionfadein11
    • tunnel vision can be a strength and a weakness in science. and often is.fadein11
    • Fair enoughmonospaced
    • again, says more about human motivation than science.kingsteven

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