Why is it that many Scientists appear only to accept those things...?

Question

subjects, sciences for which they have found an explanation which satisfies them?
Does this mean that what they have not managed to explain is discarded as not existing, or just a load of misguided rubbish?
If that was so, what would happen to Light, Human Emotions, Love, Telepathy, etc., etc., besides so much knowlege, not easily explained scientifically, that has been passed down to us through Mythology, and has served as a valid guide for Humans over thousands of years ?
And might it also mean that as a result Scientists would soon be out of a job due to there being nothing valid left for them to explore?
Therefore don`t you think it might be wise for Scientists to try to be a little more open-minded?

Oh dear!
My question seems to have lost a vital part while processing it!
What I meant to ask was...
...to accept those things for which they themselves have found a logical answer?....while ignoring as rubbish those things they haven`t wished or found the time to study profoundly?

Answer 1

"besides so much knowledge, not easily explained scientifically, that has been passed down to us through Mythology, and has served as a valid guide for Humans over thousands of years?"

I'll repeat part of that:
"has served as a valid guide for Humans over thousands of years"

It's a pity you weren't as forthcoming with information as you were with empty, baseless assertions.

I doubt any scientists will be out of a job for a few centuries yet ... well not whilst ever they have to battle repressive Theists blocking every path to progress.

If it had been left to Theists we'd still have Witch Burnings, The Inquisition, Totalitarian Regimes like the US backed in Philippines, South Vietnam, Cuba, Persia, Chile and a dozen and one other Dictatorships.
If it was left up to Theists we wouldn't have any Liver, Kidney, Heart, Lung, Corneal transplants
If it was left up to Theists there'd be no changes towards equality of the sexes let alone the greatest invention that freed women, the pill.
I could go on - I hope you understand what I'm saying - Theists have NEVER made progress easy.
Progress has had to jump through all sortsa hoops to try to get past Theistic Repressiveness.

"don`t you think it might be wise for Scientists to try to be a little more open-minded?"
LOL - Irony just writes itself sometimes.
Scientists by their very nature ARE open-minded.
Theists by their very nature have their minds tightly locked in Bronze Age Superstition and Myths.

[/end of interest in talking to a wall]

Answer 2

As CS Lewis pointed out, the scientific attitude is absolutely necessary to do science. That doesn't mean scientists use it in areas where it doesn't apply.

Of course, there are fools in every field. There may be scientists who perform scientific experiments to find out if there's a God, but that's silly. There are silly clergy, also, who attribute directly to their religion things that are more properly the realm of science.

But many scientists and clergy are perfectly aware of the different types of knowledge in the world. The cleric studies evolution, and the scientist goes to church/ synagogue/ mosque.

However, the fields you mention (light, emotions, love, telepathy) are not especially non-scientific ones, but valid areas of scientific exploration.

Don't worry about science running out of stuff to explore. The human body and brain alone are a universe of unexplored knowledge. Every day, ordinary people ask scientific questions to which science as yet has no answers. The human race will be extinct before we run out of questions.

Answer 3

There is a very practical reason: job security.

Many scientists--or people who can call themselves that, because they've earned the degree--work for universities. If they were caught looking at such matters as telepathy, they would be out of work, or pushed to the margins of their departments and ignored.

But the "scientific" bend tends to assume that ultimately, all things can be explained by human reason and logic.

There is a tendency for such people to turn away from things that defy rational explanation, especially given current levels of knowledge.

Note: if you look at the record of Nobel Prize winners, you will see that in each and every case they worked for years on projects that their colleagues assumed would fail, and they went against the grain of their disciplines.

Here's a work of popular fiction on that topic; you might enjoy it: Superstition, by David Ambrose.

Answer 4

The very basis of science is a fixed set of laws and axioms to which there is no explanation.For example newton discovered the law of gravity but,he never asked himself why that law was the way it was.He never asked himself as to who decided that the law of gravity would be in its present form.As always,things that science cannot explain are either termed as rubbish or attributed to god.I dont think there will ever come a time when there will be nothing left to discover.The hindu mythology terms this world as maya that is an eternal illusion.It will always find a way to leave us downright dumbfounded,no matter how advanced our technology becomes.

Answer 5

Hi.When scientists can't prove something they label it a 'theory"which they are happy with so they have more time to pursue an answer.Even if it seems impossible.

Answer 6

You cant mix true science (empirical) with human delusions:
Mite's, faith, magic, the supernatural, telepathy and so on!