Re:Why science is so hard to believe
by SAI_Peregrinus on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @07:37PM
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It's not even required to believe that the physical world ends, merely that the complexity becomes intractable. There are many, many systems that exhibit chaotic behavior (the weather is the most famous example) and thus can't be well predicted by any science, despite being wholly physical. You don't need to invoke any (possibly controversial) idea of a non-physical world to show that science can't predict everything.
Science is very good at explaining the physical world, but try and point out to them where that ends and you get a lot of dismissal (or down votes here on HN). Point out how little progress has been made by science into the non-physical world for example consciousness, and many of them are just as bad as religious people in holding onto their belief systems despite a lack of evidence.
Its like politicians. Maybe if they admitted what they don't know, the average person would have a far greater respect for them.