"Some of these cosmologist pretend the subject (referring to the claim that the universe is made of atoms, dark matter, and dark energy) is nearly over, 'we just have to do a few more observations and computer calculations' "
"I think they are missing the whole message of scientific history, which is 'the greatest obstacle to progress in science is the illusion that we know what is going on, when we don't ' "
2007-12-31 07:48:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Great Gazoo:
Well some atheists are closed minded to certain things, the same for theists. I was going to mention that Newton Laws is currently falling apart or it is not what he thought it was.
2007-12-31 08:05:21 · update #1
Thumbs up to American boy and Quantumk for not fishing.
And I think I am starting to like this Mike Disney fellow.
2007-12-31 08:19:10 · update #2
Youngmoi:
"If the scientists get something wrong they usually admit the mistake as soon as new evidence is discovered."
That is not true, that is so not true.
By the way I got that quote directly from a documentary on the Science Channel straight from Disney's lips. He said it and it was a straight untouched clip, nothing was edited.
2007-12-31 08:32:26 · update #3
Dark Energy is at this point little more than a term associated with our ignorance of what drives the expansion. Our understanding of Dark Matter is in little better shape. Knowing the proportion of unknowns does not mean we understand the unknowns.
2007-12-31 08:12:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the first place, let's realise that the scientist may preface his claims with all sorts of if's, but's and maybe's, but the reporter edits them out before submitting the story.
Also, science is self-correcting. If the scientists get something wrong they usually admit the mistake as soon as new evidence is discovered.
That's good enough for me.
2007-12-31 08:19:17 · answer #2 · answered by youngmoigle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So true! You hear it all the time in the news, "New Discovery SHOCKS Scientists!"... "What Scientists Knew, They Don't Know!"... "This Will Change Science, All The Books Will Have To Be Rewritten!"... "The Discovery Defies Scientists' Calculations!"... etc.
Yet, they get arrogant with what they "THINK" they know, like it's suppose to be "FACT", or something. Yeah, sure.
2007-12-31 08:07:19 · answer #3 · answered by . 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There will be a unified theory that works soon. M Theory needs more testing but it well could be exactly that. So we may have the underlying math that drives the universe down already.
But I don't think that any scientist will tell you that means we know everything. There are some definite problems with dark matter. It can be detected by gravitational lensing and there isn't nearly enough to explain why galaxies don't fly apart. That has actually lead to a few papers question some of Newton's central ideas. (And the Christians think that science is close minded...)
2007-12-31 07:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have evidence or whats going on. Wouldn't you know what's going on? Illusions are just that, Illusions.
2007-12-31 07:53:14 · answer #5 · answered by punch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋