Science for politics

4chan tends to have the flawed mindset that science has the ability to explain everything. First, science cannot explain anything 100%, since it is merely a likely theory of the phenomenon. Furthermore, science is constantly used for political economic warfare by both parties, both sides citing different scientists of differing opinions. Science cannot tell you the 'truth.' It can only tell you what the outcome of its flawed experiments are.

Furthermore, who is to say that the "ability" to explain anything is worthwhile? All it will do is create endless debates over the real truth that science is seeking, with foolish people citing one or two studies as ultimate truth, when they may be flawed and skewed beyond belief. The other side will cite studies to "prove" its own opinion. By the time science solves any problem definitively, it is far too late, just as it will be too late when global warming eats us alive.

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There's no "definitive" proof that would convince the whole of America that the earth is round either. Does that mean if I started sailing off into the Atlantic that I'll fall off at the edge of the world? I think they call that Britain over there. Or maybe you don't believe in Europe. Maybe science was wrong all along. I think you're on to something there.