We laugh at Medieval science as barbaric. Do you think in the year 3000, we will be the butt of their jokes. Do you think a scientist from the future will laugh at us for believing in quantum physics?
2007-03-02 13:15:00 · 14 answers · asked by Cpt_Zero 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I do not think that our science today will be viewed as a joke or seem silly to the future scientists. I think that they will see a progression of science from medieval to now and then into their current time. Of course maybe certain things about what we do now might be viewed to them as a little different thinking then what they will be trying to achieve, but the main goal will most likely be about the same. To advance human kind through the aid of science. I think of it like a history book, through time people learn from others, then improve upon what they learn, and it keeps getting more advanced. Instead of thinking of us as a joke, hopefully they will be thanking us for all the research that will be documented for their use.
2007-03-03 01:56:12 · answer #1 · answered by mike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps primitive, but not barbaric. No one ridicules Newton, even when quantum physics and relativity cover scales where Newton's answer is too simple. Evidence for quantum effects is overwhelming, so they won't laugh at us for believing in it. But by then, they might better know how and why it works. If quantum gravity or superstring theory eventually makes progress unifying the forces we know of, they might have a better conceptual foundation for physics. But just when they think they know it all, better observations and measurement technology and more powerful particle accelerators will probably reveal new things they don't understand. The scientific method is so mature and engrained into serious intellectual endeavors that it's not likely to be lost.
They will marvel at how little use we have made of the science that we do have. We can't even synchronize our traffic lights. We haven't figured out that governments usually do things badly, so use them sparingly. We haven't figured out that societies work better when people don't lie, steal, and fly airplanes into buildings. We haven't figured out that the best path to health isn't trillions of drug company dollars and chemicals, but some rather old-fashioned home remedies, farm tips, and empirical observations that aren't tested or recorded because they don't make money.
2007-03-03 01:53:29 · answer #2 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, probably. Although there is evidence and even proof in Quantum Physics. All quantum physics is is the physics of the very small. ex. quarks, leptons, etc. By the year 3000 we will probably have already discovered many more things. The physicists think that once we prove the string theory, that we will posess infinite knowledge of what the universe is made out of and how it formed, but what they don't know is that the string theory will just lead to more irrelavant questions.
2007-03-02 23:21:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you cannot compare medieval "science" with current one.
What were "medieval" sciences? Astrology? Alchemy? I mean, those were things based on superstition and ignorance. On the other hand, mathematics that go all the way back to ancient Greece -- Pythagoras, Archimedes -- are STILL valid, no one laughs at the, because they were based on sound formulation, logical development, rigorous thinking.
I would be of the opinion that mots of present day science -- actually ALL present day science that does qualify as real science (so take away all UFOlogy, mystic crazy 'crystal healing power', paranormal garbage, double vision, fortune telling, homeopathy, etc.) and it is bound to stay.
In the future, we may be laughed at because of the prevalence of pseudo science, and the fact so many people believe in non-sense ridiculous stuff, like creationism.
2007-03-02 21:26:52 · answer #4 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Science is a progression, not a periodic method of discovery. Theories are adapted and tossed on a daily basis.
In 3000, science will be the same with different proofs and theories, just different evidence to support both.
How many theories did Albert Einstein develop and how many of them do we laugh at today? Most of them, we still can't prove or discount.
2007-03-02 21:26:44 · answer #5 · answered by JD_in_FL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quantum physics are pretty real, proven by math equations and actual scientific proof, so I would only think that the scientists of the year 3000 would base their new discoveries on quantum physics rather than to laugh at us of thinking it in the first place
2007-03-02 22:40:58 · answer #6 · answered by tonyma90 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, it always happen, in time science/technology will get more and more advanced. Like the medieval people who laughed at primitive cavemen and we laugh at alchemists and their science, somebody is going to laugh at us for our science once they solve what we can't. In a few hundred years, some genius is going to solve we couldn't even wrap our minds around and laugh because they didn't see what is so hard.
2007-03-02 21:19:36 · answer #7 · answered by t_nguyen62791 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Science will always advance. Silly science regresses however. Examples of silly science is the new ice age predicted in the 1970s and currently, global warming. And yes, silly science will be embarrassing to look back upon.
2007-03-02 21:22:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't laugh at ALL medieval science.
2007-03-02 21:23:21 · answer #9 · answered by Pseudo Obscure 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sincerely hope so. I would be supremely disappointed if we hadn't made significant strides by then. Scientific knowledge is meant to grow and change.
2007-03-02 21:22:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋