Posted by Lyn on March 02, 2006 at 22:01:47 from 207.200.116.66 user LynMellone.
In Reply to: Re: History of Science (was Map dowsing) posted by Peter H on March 02, 2006 at 15:27:04:
I appreciated Jock's response but also wanted to provide one of my own -- if I may be so brash as to interrupt this conversation among my betters.
It's very important -- in discussing "science" and "religion" with any attempt at intellectual honesty -- to remember that Science is, in fact, a form of Religion. That is, many, many scientific "facts" are based on speculation, or on ignorance of additional facts, and require an entire system of belief in order to function.
You would think that enough so-called scientific facts had now been clearly disproven and, conversely that enough apparent "magic" (dowsing) and/or miracles had now been clearly proven to have a scientific basis, that scientists would now recognize this belief system for what it is. But as we know, most do not.