2006-12-04 01:33:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Our human scientific exploration is biased by human comprehension, but Science would likely be pursued by other beings, as much as they had a capacity for it. Their scientific exploration would take a different path. Therefore, to say that it is limited to human comprehension would be pretty human centric. Although i agree with the above, i think we have to conclude that science itself is not limited, only our exploration and understanding of it is limited.
2006-12-04 03:28:43 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffrey Hay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science is a human intellectual endeavor as well as a method of inquiry based on human abilities to gather and process information.
If you define "comprehension" as the ability to understand the results of such activities, then it necessarily follows that science is limited to human comprehension.
2006-12-04 02:41:46 · answer #2 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word 'science' means to know. That suggests that comprehension is involved.
2006-12-04 02:20:39 · answer #3 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you regard science as the ability to understand how things work and how to produce a desired effect,then any creature with a brain can comprehend it.
It is not necessary to know why things work to use the science.
2006-12-04 12:07:10 · answer #4 · answered by domedweller2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋