whats your idea of science?

Question

I can see that many people debates a lot about pros and contras of being religious or not, but I would like to know whats now your concept of science, if you ever have stoped to think about it.

extended and reasoned answers please

Answer 1

I think more and more that religion and science are more similar than people think. Currently I am most concerned with pharmacology and medicine in my day to day life and the role the FDA plays - but I digress. I think that science is subject to the same financial sways that religion is and I think that it has proven to be fallable. How many times have they gone back and changed their mind on stuff?

I like science, don't get me wrong. I think it is very important in a very practical way. But like any field, you must take your information with a grain of salt and verify the information to your own satisfaction - and by the same token, science must not impose itself onto others, either.

Legislation right now is being considered to have all alternative therapies and herbal supplements available by MD advice only. That totally screws people who do not want to participate in the medical community. I need a doctors permission to get the supplements and alternative therapies for my family that we've been using for years? That is as offensive to me as someone trying to get my kids to learn their religion in public school. And while I don't agree with the theory of creationism, it really doesn't matter in my day to day life how the world was created - and if folks want to teach their kids about adam and eve as if it were verifiable fact, that is their business, and it is not up to the rest of the world to say "you must teach your kids science." You know what I am saying?

Peace!

Answer 2

Science, like religion, is a means of getting at or understanding reality. A lens and a toolbox all rolled into one. Science itself is nothing more than a circle with four points, and anyone using this circle of science can hop onto and off of it at any point without upsetting the process. That's supposed to be an analogy, but despite the accuracy, it reads kind of stupid in retrospect. There's no real beginning or ending point, though logical progression may make it seem so.

What's usually thought of as the first point is hypothesis. A hypothesis is a testable statement regarding realty. The word "testable" is what differentiates a hypothesis from a philosophical statement; "faith" or "belief" if you will.

The next point is observation and/or experimentation. This is where the hypothesis is put to the test and data from those tests are gathered.

The next point is analysis, where the data is analyzed to see if the hypothesis either passes, fails, or the test has no meaning.

The final point is interpretation, where the observer, aka scientist, makes sense of the hypothesis and how it fits with reality. This stage usually leads to more questions than answers, and new hypothesis are formed, tested, analyzed, and interpreted.

Science, in itself, doesn't have anything to "say" at all. To write "Science says that humans evolved from single celled organisms time" is not the same thing as writing "God says humans were created in one day." What's actually happening is that the scientific method has been applied to the statement (hypothesis) and application of the scientific method has affirmed that the hypothesis is true while with religion, the statement has been made and is expected to be accepted as truth, despite any evidence to the contrary.

Answer 3

Think of it this way- God (the Father) gave His children a car. But he did not explain how to change the oil, or a flat tire, etc. Some knowledge God left to man to discover for himself..thus enters science. When we speak of science you relate the term to your current experience-Young people to the 21st century and others to the progression of their time. When you think about it, early mankind invented most science by accident. Fire, for example, was an accident and when the flame went out, man had to learn how to create it on his own (the early theory of thermal dynamics-striking two stones together to spark and make fire). Even bathing is atributed to science. Science is the discovery of those things God left to mankind. Was this a cruel thing for God to do to man? Maybe, considering it is assumed that these discoveries took such a long time. Was it worth it? Time and future discoveries will tell-but science is a double edged sword. It saves life, makes life more comfortable and eases suffering-and it destroys as well when used out of its context.
Dr. Tommy Skelton. Ph. D

Answer 4

right that's an extremely basic venture that has some effective seen outcomes. Take a paper coffee clear out (or maybe basic paper will do), and decrease it into strips. place a drop of distinctive coloring components (foodstuff hues, beet juice, grape juice, pink cabbage juice, mustard, etc) close to (yet no longer on) the top of each and every strip. enable the colours to dry, and then place the strips - colored section down - in water that doesn't particularly make it to the drop of colour on each and every strip. make certain the strips do no longer touch one yet another. because of the fact the water climbs up the strip by capillary action, it is going to start to take the colours with it. foodstuff hues that are mixtures of two or greater hues will start to split, based on the allure between the water, colour, and paper. hues that are individual will stay as a single colour as they shuttle alongside the strip. eliminate the strips, enable them to dry, and then place a drop of lemon juice or centred answer of baking soda (no longer powder) on each and every colour. you will see that some hues exchange while taken care of with acids like lemon juice, and others exchange with bases, which includes baking soda. some are not affected in any respect. those experiments show capillary action, paper chromatography, and acid-base colour modifications. they are additionally easy, much less high priced, and extremely seen. i seen writing a e book on foodstuff Chemistry some years in the past, with those and different experiments.

Answer 5

Science is the 9 credit hours I took in college to get my degree.

Answer 6

Science is the study of natural phenomena with the understanding that all that is was created by Almighty God.

Answer 7

a process of inquiry and observation leading to greater understanding of our universe and the forces at play in it.

Answer 8

Science = the opposite of faith.

Answer 9

science is a search that converges

Answer 10

Science is man's attempts to understand the things of God.