That anything real should always be scientifically provable is a flawed thinking and false assumption?
2007-10-06 08:53:55 · 25 answers · asked by Maurice H 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do wish that "anything real" could "always be scientifically provable".
Our judicial system would be bordering perfection & world peace a similar possibility.
Knowing a lie from the truth would affect all aspects of life.
Just for instance:
True compatibility or true love could be determined benefiting marriage by identifying alternative motives or emotions.
The ability to diagnose & treat sorrow, anger, fear, hate & promote; joy, peace, gladness & love.
Now that would be truly a scientific discovery. WOW
2007-10-06 10:00:51 · answer #1 · answered by Innerman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not actually an atheist, though I am aligned with Team Atheism on a forum like this for the purpose of fighting the good fight against the mongrel hordes of Jesus Camp drones who the global economic elite use as pawns and instigate into forcing their fairy tale-based ideology on the rest of society, as a means of dumbing down and controlling the herd and eliminating free thinking and intelligent analysis and democratic ideology from public discourse.
However, I do think that it is a flawed thinking to assume that anything real should be scientifically provable. But for me, the problem is not people believing things that are not scientifically provable. I believe plenty of things that aren't scientifically provable. I just don't try to use those beliefs to control and oppress other people. I recognize they are my own personal spiritual beliefs and have NO PLACE AT ALL in the conversation over what is good public policy and civic law. If the Christians would accept that, too, I would have no problem with them.
2007-10-06 16:02:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I suppose that my presumption, that anything real should always be scientifically provable is a flawed thinking and false assumption, why do you ask?
Do you have a problem with flawed thinking? What would you do if you found flawed thinking inside your own head? Would you freak out?
2007-10-06 16:02:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No...because everything that is real is proved to be real. And all that is theoretical is still just theory. And everything that has been proved false still false (that I know of.) The most "outlandish" things I think is real are residual energy (ghosts if you will) and E.T's, but with e.t.s with such a large universe it'd be idiotic to think we're alone (in my opinion.) The air you breathe, it's scientific fact. The land we walk on is as well. All the medical sciences are fact, (you don't normally see people thinking that we're made up of the four phlegm, like we used to during when Christianity ruled, also known as the Dark Ages, Middle Ages, or Medieval times.) Hope this helps! ^_^
2007-10-06 16:11:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to add to what Yoda Green said:
********Not at all.
Because anything real MUST be provable and testable. If it's not, then it doesn't exist.
See how simple that was?***********
And say that it's it's not provable or testable.....even if it does exist, of what use is it?
Read Carl Sagan's short essay "There's a Dragon in my Garage" If you had a floating, invisible, heat less, fire breathing dragon that cannot be detected with your five senses....what good is it? Is it any better than not existing at all?
2007-10-06 16:01:19 · answer #5 · answered by Tony AM 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The words "Scientifically Provable" is nonsense. In science we estimate probabilities based on evidence.
2007-10-06 16:03:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess I'm not that athy, because I believe no such thing. I do think that if you present something as objective fact you should be able to present compelling objective evidence to back it up. But I also believe that we all have a right to our subjective realities. Without them, we wouldn't have love, art, or music. Unfortunately, many here aren't capable of recognizing what's objective and what's not.
2007-10-06 16:09:29 · answer #7 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Believing in things for which there is no evidence (a book is not proof) is flawed thinking. Actually, the psychiatric community refers to it as "magical thinking," which is a better term.
*lady_phoenix: At least science keeps looking for answers, and then questioning those answers, instead of stopping at "God did it."
2007-10-06 16:01:00 · answer #8 · answered by link955 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First off, if something is all ready "real" it does not need to be proven. It's "real" already. This is why it's not a "theory" or "belief " like your faith.
I think your question is based on your idea that "God" is real so why does it need proof. The concept of "God" is a theory that relies on one's faith. That is all.
Here's a religious website for you:
http://www.hebrewisraelites.org/nationality.htm
2007-10-06 16:56:51 · answer #9 · answered by Joshua 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you confusing a lack of belief in supreme deities with science?
You're the one who is making false assumptions.
2007-10-06 16:09:50 · answer #10 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋