2006-06-22 00:54:24 · 5 answers · asked by secret v 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
No. There are many questions science can not
answer. To be able to give a scientific answer to
any question one has to be able to observe and
in some way test the subject of the question, and
it has to be possible for someone else to confirm
the results.
Unanswerable questions: What is the meaning of
life? (This question assumes that life has a meaning, other than the meaning we give it.) There
really are ghosts, but only people who believe in
them can see them. Is this true? (There is no way
to tell whether the people who claim to see them are seeing something real or only hallucinating.)
What does an electron look like? (no one has ever
seen one.) Was Henry James a better writer than
Mark Twain? (In my opinion, no, but that's just a
personal opinion. All such questions are largely
determined by personal opinion unless everyone
first agrees on what makes one writer better than
another. The probability of such agreement must
be near zero.)
2006-06-22 06:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Science can answer only part of it. So many questions are related to the human experience as a whole and that certainly is not all scientific.
2006-06-28 19:31:02 · answer #2 · answered by Garfield 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are way too many questions out there, science can answer only a part of it:)
2006-06-22 07:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by VeronicaB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not all of our questions can be explained by science for that would entail questioning the very existence, if at all, of God Himself.
2006-06-30 01:51:39 · answer #4 · answered by sami 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they can't prove Jesus is not real...they can't make a tube that toothpaste actually goes back into, and they can't make soft furniture to keep from breaking your freakin'toes when you pass them at night.
2006-06-27 20:06:59 · answer #5 · answered by Outman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋