Science isn’t an ontology, it’s a method.
God, what no humanities does to a mf
Believing that science yields universally true results or is the only method of finding truths, however, is an ontology and something you have to believe.
Edit: I’m not anti-science or anything, just a pedant.
I agree with the second part of that sentence, but who would think that they discover universal truths or any truths at all? The whole premise of science is that we cannot verify anything or find any real truth. We can just show that anything else is much more unlikely to be true.
Here is a video by the channel Dr. Fatima (former astrophysicist) which I think has some intersection with this topic. I may have picked the wrong video though because I haven’t watched it in months.
I saw this earlier and really wanted to pipe up, but I just couldn’t bear it.
Until you turn your head and stop observing, and then it reverts back to mysticism. :-P
You’re referring to quantum effects? Don’t worry about whether you’re not watching, the universe is watching. If one photon is emitted from the thing in a quantum state and hits anything, that’s the observation
Mostly, but it could be more broadly applicable like the placebo effect.
The placebo effect would like a word.
The placebo effect works even if you know its a placebo tho.
That’s medicine. Science just sees it as a problem to be sorted by good study design and statistics
Science just sees it as a problem to be sorted by good study design and statistics
And those studies are going to care about what you believe.
Unless it’s like… Sociology, or Psychology. They care what you believe.
Science doesn’t have an opinion on anything, it’s a process not a person.
Needlessly antagonistic, anthropomorphises science… hmm.
Actually, “science” is a human activity and must care about what you think. It’s the universe that doesn’t care about either.
Technically correct since science is a concept and doesn’t have feelings, unlike animals, and possibly plants, fungi, all forms of life, who knows, rocks? Idk.
Sadly a lot of people’s beliefs don’t give a fuck about science.
This is “scienceism”.
But is light particle or wave?
Yes!
Everything is a wave if you dig deep enough.
At least, as far as we know right now. But the standard model and quantum field theory have been really solid with really precise predictions for many decades at this point. (not any kind of expert here, just find it interesting)
This is mostly shared as an arrogant statement towards laymen, but really, it’s a reminder for scientists themselves
No matter what you think or believe your experiment should yield, reality check is always waiting around the corner.
Nice, when seen in this light!
Science is a field of work, and its participants are able to think. But they don’t care what you and me think?
I irony being anyone who owns such mug does give a fuck what you believe.
Science is man made, maybe rules of nature?
