Re:What Does It Mean to Die?
by kelnos on Thursday February 01, 2018 @07:15PM
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I don't think the parent is saying not to have faith in the scientific method, but that people should be aware of two things:
1) The scientific method will only validate (or fail to validate) predictions that you have made. If you haven't made a prediction about something, or fail to consider other effects, the scientific method often will not reveal those other things.
2) There are a lot of things we understand in many branches of science, but there's also a ton we don't understand. Death is one of many areas where we have a bunch of gaps, and many people don't realize that, or realize that some things that we take as established fact is more like established policy.
1) The scientific method will only validate (or fail to validate) predictions that you have made. If you haven't made a prediction about something, or fail to consider other effects, the scientific method often will not reveal those other things.
2) There are a lot of things we understand in many branches of science, but there's also a ton we don't understand. Death is one of many areas where we have a bunch of gaps, and many people don't realize that, or realize that some things that we take as established fact is more like established policy.