Nocturne

[Nihilist_santa]

Originally Posted by Autotune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If someone tells you something is such a way in science you do not take it on faith that it is correct. You challenge it and test it so that your knowledge and experience are what you take it on, not fucking faith.

That is the entire premise of science. You've even mentioned it before with scientists disproving each other. If they all took Science on faith, it would be where religion is today.

This is the opposite of what most people in this thread propose. You do not personally test every hypothesis you come across. You rely on experts to decide that knowledge for you.

People should read some of Bertrand Russell's work on the Scientific Outlook. He goes into some interesting points drawn from speculating the effects of science on societies. He mentions what he calls a society of learned experts. You wont have to question anything because a learned expert will be there to tell you what is right. Quite interesting stuff. This was written around or prior to WWII I believe and it is strange how he keeps referring to Soviet Russia as a great experiment in scientific dictatorships. He ties this all in with social sciences and propaganda , resource management, population control, it is a very cold and analytic piece. Gets right to the heart of the scientific mindset. Not this romanticized Mr. Wizard idea people have grown up with.