Which science majors have the fewest conservatives?

silence_kit
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:26:11 +0000

if, as you argue, everyone is making assumptions (i.e. believe in some things that cannot be verified), then do you think there is no such thing as fact? if verificationism/falsificationism/the scientific method are based on assumptions, is it no fact that the universe is 13.7 billion years old? is it no fact that electricity exists?

if there is such a thing as fact, what determines that fact, if not verificationism/falsificationism/the scientific method?



you have to start somewhere. i think that you can arrive at conclusions once you have a few assumptions. that’s what facts are. electricity & the age of the earth are facts once you have a few assumptions.



if there is no fact, and the scientific method is just as valid as theists’ assumption, why does it work so well?



i don’t think saying that the scientific method is just as valid as theists’ assumptions means anything. i think valid means ‘follows from the premises’. they are just different sets of assumptions. when deciding what assumptions to take i just pick the ones i like the most.



why have everything that has ever been explained, been explained by science?



lol this isn’t true. people study language, mathematics, philosophy, etc . . . and the conclusions they reach are important