News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds. Parent comment

Re:Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Resea... by Juliate on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @04:01AM (#20572473)
"Which I now see is why scientists insist on sticking to things that can be measured, proven and quantified. Anything else is..."

No. Science is a mean to an end, not an end in itself. And intuition, an open mind, imagination help a lot, without drifting into superstition.

Read some history, you'll find out that a lot of scientific (and engineering) discoveries were triggered by imagination servicing some more rational/rigorous practices.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Resea... by orange8 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @09:16PM (#20580372)
> So they might even engage in activities we cannot grasp or identify

I don't think that's what they mean when they say imagination: imagining things we can not imagine. And science starts with real imagination, then move on to practical, measurable applications.

[ Parent | on HN ]