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    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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