If we are going to promote a separation of science-based knowledge from
faith-based belief, it is equally important that the scientific
community does not promote belief systems not directly supported by
scientific evidence. There are limits to what science can tell us - we
know of no root
James, I am pleased that I stimulated your thoughtful response on this
topic. We have much more to agree on than disagree. I agree that my
perspective is European-American, but would think that the religious
perspective I described includes Eastern and well as Western Europe. And it
may be that
Jim said,
We should demand that children are taught to think critically in=20
school, and the scientific method is the most effective way of=20
understanding nature invented as of yet. Thus, the scientific method=20
should be taught in schools, and all the many superstitions should have=20
Dear all,
further to the debate on creationism, there is an interesting video
interview with the bishops of Oxford regarding naive creationism on the
site of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for rReason and Science
http://richarddawkins.net/foundation
Alessandro Gimona
Alessandro Gimona, Ph.D.
From Futures 39(7)
Scott, Alister, 2007. Peer review and the social relevance of science.
doi:10.1016/j.futures.2006.12.009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2006.12.009
Abstract
Recent science-policy debates have emphasised a growing role for science in
helping to address some of
Indeed, the scientific community does not teach belief-systems if it is
science-based. And, as you say, we know of no root cause (be careful of
that word) for the Big Bang and so on, HOWEVER, using the scientific method=
,
we can make testable predictions based on the big bang model that answer a
Hi Warren,
On 5/8/07, Warren W. Aney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And it may be that the Southern Baptist perspective is closer to the Roma=
n
Catholic
(and Eastern Orthodox) perspectives than you might think,
I used to be an altar boy (Roman Catholic), and I grew up in the deep south
with
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Point taken, Warren. However, we must realize (going to your altruistic
atheist) that morality and religion cannot be equated to the same thing.
Either one can exist (and often do) without the other. Defining fitness for
human populations is a bit more complex than for other organisms. If we
At 02:39 AM -0400 5/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can we teach critical thinking without offering different views to
consider? And, the exercise loses its meaning if we are intent on telling the
student there can be only one right answer, which he has to get from the
instructor.
Hmmm,
If we start viewing science through the social relevance lens, what
will happen to basic research - i.e. non-applied, question oriented
work rather than problem driven work? I can think of many examples
where basic research has provided unexpected applied benefits. If
grant proposals
You make a good point, Mark, that we take a position that science cannot
(and should not) refute religion.
I'm not sure about that guy Dawkins -- in his recent debate with a religious
figure reported in Time magazine, Richard Dawkins made and twice repeated a
statement saying, in effect, that if
Markael Luterra stated:
An open-minded scientific community must not support either natural or
supernatural explanations for these phenomena, as there is currently
insufficient evidence for either.
Although this sounds reasonable on the surface, I'm not convinced that I
agree with this statement
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Actually, it's hard to find cases where applied research in and of
itself has ever lead to anything. It's almost always, if not always,
applications of stuff learned via basic research.
So easy it seemed once found, which yet
unfound most would have thought impossible
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As regards Warren's remarks (quote below), I find altruism in athiests to be
neither amazing nor inexplicable. Altruism is well known in non-human animals
which are not known to have religious beliefs. Not sure then why one should
imagine that
atheism poses any special problem for altruism
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