Is Everything a Lie?
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- stem0
Another thing which has been bothering me over the past few years is the idea that - Science is a new religion.
What I mean by this is that we now tend to view religion and faith with great scepticism. However, when we are given data and statistics by scientists, we take them as fact. A kind of blind faith if you like. Yeah, we know lot's of things can be explained by science, but when you start talking about the origins of the universe... how can anyone be 100% positive about any of this stuff?
I guess what I'm saying is that man has always tried to make meaning of the world, whether this be in form of faith, religion and now science.
Where there is no meaning, one creates meaning.
- kelpie0
^the trick there is the data and statistic thing mate.
science has no concept of absolute fact by the way, the closest you will get is a "highly likely" from a scientist if they are in science mode. They are in activist mode if you hear them refer to things in absolutes
- to think about science in terms of faith is to completely fail to get it, by the waykelpie
- winnie_the_shit0
there is an entire channel on TV, where serious, straight faced people talk about Hollywood Celebrity news as if it was important.
- stem0
I do get science kelpie and I knew I would get a response of this nature, rightly so, 'cos I can't articulate my point well. And I know I'm in danger of sounding like Karl Pilkington! ; )
But the "highly likely" comment is a valid one. There are no absolutes and there can be huge differences in opinion amongst the scientific community.
Like you say (and this is the one thing which they do have on their side) is that (the good one's) don't claim to know the truth or have all the answers.
I guess my argument has more to do with the reporting of scientific discoveries and how stats can be manipulated and by third parties, which, in turn causes the public to get a skewed version of what the scientists have found.
- bliznutty0
Tell the children the truth;
Tell the children the truth;
Tell the children the truth right now!
Come on and tell the children the truth;
Tell the children the truth;
Tell the children the truth;
Tell the children the truth;
Come on and tell the children the truth.-- Bob Marley (Babylon System)
- ********0
Swayin to the rhythm of the new world order and
Count the bodies like sheep
To the rhythm of the war drum
The boogeymen are coming
The boogeymen are coming
Keep your head down, go to sleep
To the rhythm of a war drumStay with me
Safe and ignorant
Just stay with me
Hold you and protect you from the other ones
The evil ones
Don't love you son
Go back to sleep-APC
- ********0
what kind of dumb asses are you hanging out with man?
- Khurram0
"Follow those who seek the troof : run away from those who claim to have found it." Buddah
- monoboy0
Truth is, nobodies is in charge. Except for the mice.
- Khurram0
You're right tho. Our sense of reality is fundamentally challenged throughout our lives that it's almost impossible to have faith in the world as it appears. Ultimately you need to balance your faith in your own personal experience of the world with an appreciation of the subjectivity of your position. Only the vain hang on to absolutes and fear relativism, as their beliefs are too closely intertwined with their sense of identiy.
A Nietzschean "imposing your own meaning on reality" is often required, which brings with it, deep responsibility which few want to shoulder.
- adverwhore0
DONT BE A SHEEP. YOU CONTROL YOUR DESTINY.
also the prople that told you that( about the jews) must be related to eric cartman and have the IQ of an earth worm..that is racist sh*t
