>>8
Because religions are made of shit and poo, and their sacred books are like "Then god created the first man, period". No why or how.
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Anonymous2006-04-20 12:39
>>9
That's the point. Science doesn't purport to explain why things happen, just describe how they do. Faith posits explanations without justification.
Note that you can use science to offer an explanation, but proper epistemology dictates that we may never be fully certain of the validity of the results, and thankfully so, as science often corrects itself.
science does explain why things happen. stuff like why sky is blue and why sperm is yummy.
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Anonymous2006-04-20 13:56
>>11 Tries to explain, nothing can be proven, it's all just theory.
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Anonymous2006-04-20 14:23
>>12
Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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Anonymous2006-04-20 15:15
>>13
Which is a bit ironic, considering how they explain things...
>>11
as >>12 said. You can USE science to offer explanation for phenomena. In fact you are jus positing increasingly probably theories (per the amount of evidence supporting them), which is the main difference between science and faith. However science itself sticks to describing phenomena and how they relate to other phenomena. That's why it's so rigorous and consistent, or at least tends towards increasing consistancy.
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Anonymous2006-04-20 18:42
The same could be said of all conspiracy theories.
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Anonymous2006-04-20 20:09
>>15
Well yes, that's basically it.
Conspiracy theories and faith say "The best explanation (to me) for Y is X", so that X causes Y.
Science just observes Y's reaction to X, describes the causal relationship, and thus describes how X causes Y. If it cannot, then it does not affirm it, even if it is the best explanation. It can only posit in hope the proof of the relationship (or lack of relationship) can be established experimentally.
Just for semantics sake, the question is more correctly poised: "How is the sky blue?"
As for "Why is the sky blue?" Shucks, cause God hates red commie bastards!
It's quite accepted that the Sciences are an (attempt) to answer the "how?" questions and Humanities are an (attempt) to answer the "why?".
Besides, doesn't everything boil down to faith in arbitrary yet self-evident axioms anyways?
*throws nihilism card to get people pissed*
Part of the scientific method is falsification, thus pseudoscience such as Astrology (which relies on empirical data ironically) as well as Freudian psychology and Marxism cannot be demarcated as SCIEEEENCCCCEEEEEE!!
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Anonymous2006-04-22 18:20
The same could be said of all studies funded by special interest companies who use lobbyists to bribe congressmen and pass self serving laws allowing dangerous substances to be considered harmless due to SCIEEEENCCCCEEEEEE.
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Anonymous2006-04-24 9:38
Freud said we're thinking on something sexual 97% of the time. He was fucking genius. I actually think he was short by 1%.
You mean like results based on inaccurate tests, faulty data, limited samples, and the wrong conclusions?
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Anonymous2006-04-26 21:50
>>24
You mean like when someone tries to discuss something serious on 4chan?
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Anonymous2006-04-29 14:31
Science is based on observation and experamentation and describes what seems to be in mathematical ,physical, chemical, and logical terms. Religion (idealy) is thinking something that is undefined and unexplainable. There is no conflict. Fanaticism however holds that something that is undefined is actually defined and explains everything neatly. (see politics, severe romanticism, and stuipid relgious people)
>>1
"in science we dont desu an experiment to prove that our theory is rite, but to check if our theory is wrong"
linguistics aside, yeah.
religion just means "Well, lets re-translate it across a couple more languages, assume an allegorical reference to King David's second son's cousin's left testicle being an angel from heaven sent to kill gays, and call it a day, and if people don't like it we'll just issue another papal edict, declare we're right and anyone who doesn't like it WILL BURN FOR ETERNITY"