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Originally Posted by monsta666
Although this may not be the case in the example you highlighted I do think a case can be made that science or more specific the belief in technology and progress follows a similar psychological dynamic to that of religion. The belief in progress is deeply instilled in society and much of the underlying assumptions based around this are often built on nothing but acts of faith.
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You're going to have to explain this one, because it doesn't make a damned lick of sense.
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Also, people often say they believe in science and believe in theory x,y or z but in reality their knowledge of the theories in question are often (not always) minimal. People trust the words of an expert which is nothing more than an act of faith since you have not seen the evidence yourself, you have faith the person is honest.
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No, you look at what's actually looked at as fact by those in the field. Unlike religion, one must prove a scientific theory or fact and undergo peer review. There's math to back it up.
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but people often place an enormous degree of faith in science that is far from proven and this faith is especially questionable if the theory is uncertain and is based on a soft science.
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Examples?
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To give an obvious example just ask peoples' views on capitalism, socialism or communism.
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That's economics, not science. It is, at best, a social science, and no one would consider that actual science along the same veins of physics, chemistry, and biology.