Do you think we should be moving toward a more scientifically oriented world, or does simplicity have its plac

Question

Do you think we should be moving toward a more scientifically oriented world, or does simplicity have its place? Why or why not?

Answer 1

why does scientifically oriented have to be different from simple?

the opposite of a scientifically oriented world would be an ignorant world.

Science can be beautiful, elegant and simple. It doesnt have to complicate or crowd our lives.

Answer 2

If we are to move toward a more scientific world then we must accept that scientific method is the single best way of determining truth or value accepting in the process that science has a pretty spotty record in explaining most of the natural phenomena of the universe and that in the case of medical science it would seem that there are great holes in the practical application of the scientific method in the real world. The difficulty with scientific method is that it needs to explain entire natural systems in terms of a mechanistic view of existence when most of existence in not mechanistic at all. Science is and always will be a great tool in the shed of humanity but not the only tool. To embrace a world where science is king (as it is now to a large extent) is to ignore the value of reflection as a means of discovery and to devalue all those things which science cannot explain.

This is not a science vs simplicity argument as science is at times the simplest explanation of a thing...

Science-ism is a philosophical choice like any religious philosophy is a choice. I am not saying that reason is not the best foundation for argument but sometimes reason and science part ways.

Science still hasn't explained gravity by the way.... and yet it works.

Answer 3

http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/piaget.html

Stages of Cognitive Development. Piaget identified four stages in cognitive development:

Sensorimotor stage (Infancy). In this period (which has 6 stages), intelligence is demonstrated through motor activity without the use of symbols. Knowledge of the world is limited (but developing) because its based on physical interactions / experiences. Children acquire object permanence at about 7 months of age (memory). Physical development (mobility) allows the child to begin developing new intellectual abilities. Some symbollic (language) abilities are developed at the end of this stage.

Pre-operational stage (Toddler and Early Childhood). In this period (which has two substages), intelligence is demonstrated through the use of symbols, language use matures, and memory and imagination are developed, but thinking is done in a nonlogical, nonreversable manner. Egocentric thinking predominates

Concrete operational stage (Elementary and early adolescence). In this stage (characterized by 7 types of conservation: number, length, liquid, mass, weight, area, volume), intelligence is demonstrated through logical and systematic manipulation of symbols related to concrete objects. Operational thinking develops (mental actions that are reversible). Egocentric thought diminishes.

Formal operational stage (Adolescence and adulthood). In this stage, intelligence is demonstrated through the logical use of symbols related to abstract concepts. Early in the period there is a return to egocentric thought. Only 35% of high school graduates in industrialized countries obtain formal operations; many people do not think formally during adulthood. "


The complex is formed of the simple.

Answer 4

a scientist can change the world with something as simple as e=mc2.

you can be scientific and simple. most of the time a simple theory makes a lot more sense than a convoluted theory.