advantages of science?

Answer 1

Is this one of those religion things?

Science is a way of figuring out things about the world we're in. Its big advantage is that it has a way of detecting and fixing errors, so you're more likely to arrive at something close to the truth.

The way science works is like this:
- You come up with a hypothesis (idea) of how something works.
- You then devise an experiment to test the hypothesis. If the experiment turns out one way, then the evidence supports the hypothesis. if it turns out another way, then it shows that the hypothesis is no good.
- You do the experiment and see if the hypothesis was any good.

Each time you do this, you learn something about how the world works (or doesn't work). With the new knowledge, you get a better idea of the "truth", and can form & test new hypotheses to build better and better models of reality. Once a hypothesis has been rigorously tested in lots of different ways, so people become pretty sure that it must be accurate, it's called a "theory" (e.g. 'theory of gravity').

One key to science is falsifiability: You have to be able to design experiments that disprove the hypothesis if they turn out a certain way. That's why religious views don't qualify: There's no known experiment that, if it turned out a certain way, would prove that god doesn't exist. Therefore, it's impossible to prove scientifically whether god exists or not.

The alternative to science is to come up with ideas of how the world works, and then accept them on faith, without testing them. The problem with this approach is that you don't have any mechanism for detecting and correcting errors.

Individual scientists can be just as biased as anyone else, but properly designed experiments can still detect and fix their mistakes. When priests disagree on how to interpret scripture, there's no comparable mechanism.

Anyway, that's the advantage of science: It has a self-correcting mechanism that detects and fixes errors, so you're likely to get closer to the truth, even if individual scientists are biased.

Hopefully that helps!

Answer 2

The advantage of science is that we can understand better the world we live in, and perhaps make our lives a bit more productive and comfortable the short time we are here.

Answer 3

without sciences we wouldn't have learned the things we know like we wouldn't know about other planets or gravity or anything of the source. So we would basic be dumb and bored.

Answer 4

There are literally hundreds reward of technological know-how. Will every person do? we are in a position to locate remedies and remedies for ailments and ailment. we are in a position to do issues speedier, simpler, thereby increasing our entertainment time. we are in a position to strengthen and are available across meals that help us lead fit and effective lives. we are in a position to stay longer with better capability and energy, and an outstanding variety of alternative reward.

Answer 5

Without science, we wouldn't have yahoo answers.

Answer 6

without science we will be cavemen
but there are alot of disadvantages in science too

Answer 7

Over what? Is there really any reasonable alternative? No.