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i am doing a persuasive essay about why scientists should not believe in superstitions...

2006-10-05 10:19:52 · 4 answers · asked by piinkpolkadots 1 in Science & Mathematics Other - Science

4 answers

Superstitions are by their nature unscientific - there is no proveable connection between the event which "caused" the consequences, and the effect that is the result. Scientists ideally do not allow their prejudices to affect their experiments or results, and superstitions tend to color events and perceptions.

2006-10-05 10:25:01 · answer #1 · answered by triviatm 6 · 0 0

They couldnt perforom experiments on while being unbiased. If I believed that forming a hypothesis would send me to eternal damnation, i couldnt conclude what i was trying to learn form the experiment.

2006-10-05 17:23:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

their work would be prejuiced by their views.
for example
you are studying the boiling point of water....

now, it takes a certain amount of energy to heat water,
it can be measured,
but now if you beleive that a watched pot never boils,

that conflicts with the actual facts.

water will boil when the right amount of energy hits it, watched or not.

2006-10-05 17:24:41 · answer #3 · answered by papeche 5 · 1 0

As long as they don't let it interfere with their work, I don't care what they believe. But the edifice of science does not contain superstitious belief. Just by definition, it doesn't.

2006-10-05 17:22:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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