Is this statement true?
Science is not a subject of renovation in reasons and theories; it is a subject of continuous endeavor to stop this renovation, and have an immutable concept in its base.
2007-02-21 15:26:27 · 4 answers · asked by sdfsdf d 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
It is false. While science does have an immutable concept in its base (the scientific method), this is not a concept of "reasons and theories", which are the *product* of science (not its method), and are subject to *constant* renovation.
This constant renovation is a feature of science that is cynically exploited by anti-scientists. Because "theories" are constanly subject to renovation, anti-scientists use the phrase "just a theory" to imply that the theory is subject to *uncertainty*. Renovation is not uncertainty. But even more cynically, they use this "just a theory" phrase only on *select* theories, not to all theories in science, as an attempt to diminish some theories to a lower category than the rest of science. These are people who either do not understand what "theory" means in science ... or do know, and are counting on their readers not knowing.
2007-02-21 18:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can agree to that. It's saying you basically try to make improvements in science up to a point where you no longer need to make farther improvements, discoveries, but it is not saying science wants to stand still and not change. Science is certaintly about reasons and theories, but the statement is talking about it in much broader sense. How science changes, evolves, paradigm shifts...etc
2007-02-21 18:34:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
False. The scientific process is based on the falsification of hypotheses by experimentation.
2007-02-21 15:43:24 · answer #3 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, that's religion. What scientists do is to admit that they could be wrong, but say, "I dare you prove me wrong!"
2007-02-21 17:46:05 · answer #4 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋