A belief that personal experience and anecdote are as reliable as scientific study in determining whether something is effective, real, true, accurate, correct, or even exists?
2007-11-25 14:13:04 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
you left out the buddhists.
2007-11-25 14:18:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 6⤋
No. Personal experience and anecdote cannot be construe as truth, or valid scientific findings. Unless of course it is proven true through thorough experiments and tests and supported by reliable sources which is beyond doubt.
Sometimes, in some places, collective personal experiences and anecdotes that tells of the same thing repetitiously by different sources will be taken as a valid point.
But still that does not make it true.
Mostly, the cases are, people will believe only what they want to believe, that runs along what they want to hear, that is compatible with what they want personally, and accept some things as true because it runs parallel with what their preferences are... The truth is, the truth effective,true,accurate,correct,exist) always hurts. Nobody want to feel pain, and remorse. Do they?
2007-11-25 14:45:58 · answer #2 · answered by Quiet Within 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't. I only hold the belief that my own anecdotal experience is valid as a proof that something is effective, real, true, accurate, correct or extant, to me alone. I would not use such "evidence" to try to prove the something to anyone else.
2007-11-25 14:18:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are certain things that need a maker. That cannot just happen. You throw in a bunch of metal and out comes a swiss watch. Do you believe it? NO
The eye, the heart, and the liver are very complex organs.
The ear, the jaw, and the feet are other very complex organs.
The cell, the blood and all the other body parts could not have just happened. There had to be a maker.
2007-11-25 14:21:57 · answer #4 · answered by Steven 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the point of view of the people that had those experiences? Yes. Do those experiences apply to others and should be used a "proof" that their beliefs are correct? No.
2007-11-25 14:17:28 · answer #5 · answered by mental1018 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, you cannot argue personal experience. I KNOW what has happened in my life. Science has been proven wrong in many different circumstances (read science literature from history- it sounds ridiculous now) so there is always the possibility that currently accepted scientific beliefs will be proven false in the future. So in a way, yes.
2007-11-25 14:19:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christianity Judaism, Islam are all based on historical happenings and involve much recorded events and have artifacts left behind. Also Science is not separate from religion science is in all things. Science proves Christianity.
2007-11-25 14:26:04 · answer #7 · answered by Ms Blue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I do believe that there are truths that scientific studies are completely unable to determine as true, due to the strict parameters of said studies.
2007-11-25 14:20:31 · answer #8 · answered by klm78_2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe but some scientific experiment isn't going to determind my beliefs so it doesn't matter. Man has too many errors for my taste...like error #999 grrrrr
2007-11-25 14:18:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is to the person with the experience.
They percieve it one way and most likely nothing will change that...not until science can figure out brain swapping or something like that.
2007-11-25 14:21:57 · answer #10 · answered by queen of snarky-yack again 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Scientific study cannot prove anything to do do with the supernatural - because it has nothing to do with the natural - which is scientific study.
2007-11-25 14:18:40 · answer #11 · answered by cheir 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋