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  • monospaced0

    It IS the fact that science is a process of updating and refining knowledge (aka progress) that makes it not a belief system.

    • yes we know that mono - chill out.fadein11
    • some people don'tmonospaced
    • The 'belief' is that science can explain the universe.Morning_star
    • < yep true and along with that comes arrogance - why would a minor species like us have the capability to begin to fathom itfadein11
    • The fact is that science does explain most of the universe, and does so more every day, and will continue to.monospaced
    • So sure... I believe in that process of refinement. Beats the hell out of giving up and saying god did it.monospaced
    • for the record I do not think God did it. But we understand a tiny amount of the universe...fadein11
    • 2 examples - 1. DNA - we understand a tiny fraction of it - the rest scientists call junk DNA.fadein11
    • 2. Dark energy/matter
      the vast majority of material in the universe is a total mystery to scientists.
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    • Right. We can measure the mass of the universe and know that a majority is uncounted for. That's a hypothesis.monospaced
    • I mean, dark matter is a hypothesis based on the scientific method... doesn't require belief, it's based on evidence.monospaced
    • based on evidence only.monospaced
    • yep i think we agree on most things.fadein11

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