That's just a question of time? Or a question of belief?
2006-07-30 10:58:55 · 21 answers · asked by Axel ∇ 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
No, science doesn't pretend to be able to explain everything. The scientific spirit is one of discovery and admitting that we don't know all the answers, and that even the ones we think we know may be wrong.
Scientists, on the other hand, often forget about that, and there are some who could even be said to be following scientism rather than science.
2006-07-30 11:03:27 · answer #1 · answered by Tim 4 · 11⤊ 3⤋
Of course not; science is an ongoing quest for knowledge. More is known now than was known a hundred years ago; more will be known in a hundred years than is known now. It's a process that will go on as long as the human race (or its biological successor[s]) exists and want to understand the Universe it lives in.
Science also makes mistakes. Sometimes it barks up the wrong tree and, when it realizes its mistake, endeavors to correct it -- unlike religion, in which everything is set in stone and irrevocably infallible. In this you have the divide between faith and reason.
The Universe is, for all practical purposes, infinitely large and, at the same time, made up of components that are infinitesimally small. Consequently, no matter how long the human race, or any other intelligent species, exists, everything about the Universe will never be known -- but that's not the point.
"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?"
-- Robert Browning (1812-1889)
2006-07-30 11:07:35 · answer #2 · answered by The Sage on the Hudson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a question of time, science shows and is the physics of everything, there has to be some physics to anything and everything or the world would be chaotic. It will just take time to find the right information to figure everything out. I guess its also a question of belief too, because some people put all their trust and completely accept science as the truth. (Belief-Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something)
2006-07-30 11:11:29 · answer #3 · answered by bluevoltagex@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hm, maybe some scientists think that eventually, they will be able to explain everything scientifically. I don't think science itself says "I know everything." If it did, there would be no careers in science today.
I don't think we will ever be able to explain everything. The human mind isn't capable and we just can't. Like the deepest secrets of the universe and the meaning of life.
Some people will use religion to fill up holes, some people will be strictly religious, some people will depend on science alone. It's a personal preference.
2006-07-30 11:03:44 · answer #4 · answered by Steph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Do we speculate - and then call it 'fact?' Absolutely. Science has indeed made great strides, but it would be sheer arrogance to say 'we have the answers.' That is in itself unscientific. We humans are not known for our modesty or our prudence. We are known for our pomp, rashness and pride. Therefore we need more caution.
Not that long ago we had the practice of 'blood letting' for all sorts of ailments. We were sure that we were right because at that time we were a modern and an 'advanced' society. What have we learned since then? That we were WRONG.
We still have much to learn and it is foolhardy to think we are 'right' when we will look back at this time and see scientific discoveries and 'facts' that are just as inappropriate as 'blood letting'.
2006-07-30 11:00:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million) if technology had endless time etc. could this is waiting to describe each and every little thing that exists interior the Universe? we don't comprehend. working example: what if the Universe is truly endless? Then even endless time does not enable the exploration of the comprehensive Universe. working example: what if intergalactic transport (flying an area deliver to a diverse galaxy) is truly unachievable? Then we could on no account be waiting to locate different galaxies intimately and clarify the failings that pass on there. working example: what if there is a few style of ability working interior the Universe that's actually impossible for human beings or gadgets to bump into? Such an ability does not in basic terms defy clarification, it may defy detection. working example: what whether that's impossible to return and forth by way of time? Then there are innumerable events interior the previous of which we've not have been given any know-how and which technology as a result ought to on no account clarify. etc. We merely do no longer comprehend adequate on the subject of the Universe and on the subject of the flair of technology to respond to this question. - Jim, Bach Sci Physics 1989
2016-10-01 06:46:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science *tries* to explain everything, but doesn't pretend to know the answer to something unresolved. That's why most ideas are theories and hypotheses rather than solid fact. Theoretically speaking there are no "facts" in Science, everything is a human explanation that may be disproved someday.
2006-07-30 11:01:38 · answer #7 · answered by Aurora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science does not pretend to explain everything. Scientist do try to find the answer to everything but, even they admit they cannot.
2006-07-30 11:01:02 · answer #8 · answered by jcmark4501 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science does not pretend anything.
Science is a methodical approach to answering any given natural question utilizing logic and verifiable repetition.
The only things that science can not and does not attempt to answer are those questions that are supernatural in nature.
Supernatural things are "outside nature" and therefore outside of science' purview.
sometimes things that seem outside nature and science really are, however, and people with a vested interest in maintaining certain mysteries find themselves denouncing science.
2006-07-30 11:11:17 · answer #9 · answered by aka DarthDad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, science is very honest and quite contrite about what it can't explain. It's religion that pretends to explain everything...
Witness the platypus--God's sense of humor?
2006-07-30 11:02:39 · answer #10 · answered by m137pay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋