Can science always be trusted?

Question

This just in:

"Scientist Admits Falsifying Stem Cell Data"

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20060704/D8IKUJR80.html?PG=home&SEC=news

How many people believe everything science tells them?

Does this show that science is far more reliable than blind faith?

Answer 1

I don't have a problem with science, - it's scientists that are the source of any problem with science.

Answer 2

Science is like a religion in a way because there are people out there that worship science. Science does not have all the answers and most scientists don't really follow the scientific method. Look at the sorry state of physics, supposedly the queen of the sciences. They can predict the motions of the planets but they don't really understand much else. They have a whole zoo of particles they don't understand.

Answer 3

I most certainly do. Science will not lie to anyone--it is not a being, it has no say in how its revelations are given to the public. It is corrupt PEOPLE that destroy trust in such reliable methods of ascertaining information. While suppositions that science has not definitively proved may be supposed true and later falsified, that is not a lie--merely a movement toward further understanding of the intricate workings to the cosmos.

Answer 4

Unfortunately there are cases of scientists falsifying data in order to be published or recognized for their work. Luckily, these scientists are few. As a scientist, I've never witnessed a co-worker falsify data or falsified data myself.

Most scientists have integrity and are very honest about their work. Like every profession, there are a few bad seeds that lie for attention.

Answer 5

Science is hard to trust because scientists rely on funding from outside sources and sometimes those sources are looking for a particular outcome. It's an extremely difficult ethical dilema for a scientist to decide to put food on the table, or doctor the results of the research to fit the result expected.

Answer 6

News flash! Even scientists can lie and commit crimes.

I'll take one or two ethics violations a year from scientists over the never ending river of child molestations commited by clergy.

No, scientists can't be trusted as individuals any more than anyone else. That's why peer review and consensus are so important to the scientific process.

Answer 7

Someone could post something about a false Christian teacher like one of the televangelists and make a similar argument. There's nothing wrong with science. God gives wisdom to men to help them live better lives. It's only when scientists start "theorizing" and won't consider the "God factor" that they do harm.

There are many Christians who work as scientists. Here's a link for you to check out to see what I mean.

http://www.tektonics.org/scim/sciencemony.htm

Answer 8

Science is not always 100% true. There are so many different theories just about how the earth came to be... how can every one be true. However many things in science a 100% true and have been proven to be a fact. Just because something is a logical theory doesn't mean its a fact.

Answer 9

the problem here is not weather or not it can be trusted but what it is. What is "Science"? Science is simply a method of observing, collecting data, and drawing conclusions. Science is not a person, or a religion, or a government, or even one specific set of rules. Science is a way of learning and helping to understand the ways of this universe. but, a belief in science does not exclude a belief in religion.

Answer 10

Like putting trust in your ability to learn.

Science in the broadest sense refers to any knowledge or trained skill, especially (but not exclusively) when this is attained by verifiable means. The word science also describes any systematic field of study or the knowledge gained from such study. In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on empiricism, experimentation, and methodological naturalism, as well as to the organized body of knowledge humans have gained by such research.

Answer 11

Can science always be trusted? No. Science is a field that is evolving. Man's mind evolves through time, growing with knowledge, through trial and error. What is the real theory of Evolution, the mind of man. God created it! We are still just trying to figure it out.