Which science majors have the fewest conservatives?

mathboy98
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:47:46 +0000

now i know, that “when deciding what assumptions to take i just pick the ones i like the most”. i have secretly liked the idea that santa exists. i now shall assume that santa exists, and therefore can validly conclude that santa exists. doing this is just as ‘valid’ as assuming god exists who dictated absolute morality.



I am very much a believer in the methods of science. And indeed, scientific inquiry does play a role in our judging the success of ethical philosophy. Not exercising scientific inquiry when it’s naturally the most direct approach to many things is foolish.

I really think you should read back over my posts - the notion of a God and assuming one exists is a way some people (religious ones) conceptualize many things (e.g. absolute, infinite love). Maybe you would hate mathematicians, because when we don’t find an object in existence, we just make a new definition. Can you see an infinitely long line of real numbers really? No, but you assume it exists as a reference point, and are fine saying you can conclude valid things about it by chopping it up into meaningful pieces in your head.

When people make claims about, say, observable phenomena though, and science leads us to many counterarguments, then of course we must acknowledge the claims are sketchy.

As Sithis states, and as I will emphasize, things are more difficult to validly conclude than one may expect, and that doesn’t mean you assume everything is just as valid. Rather, it demands that one must be mindful of the various things which can be used to promote any kind of understanding.

I really think you’re underestimating how much you probably agree with what I [and others] are saying. Goodness knows a bunch of us are likely math/science people anyway.