You typing this on a computer is the result of studies done into electronics, chemical reactions, magnetism, manufacturing, photonics, and the constant perfecting of the manufacturing process. I think it has a lot more to do with your life than you realize...
I was more addressing this notion: "What does it matter that the string theory has been published? That information does not help me live my life. Frankly, I could care less."
I'll have to say I agree with your answer here. Science can answer a lot but it is all based on guesses and there are countless theories that become disproven many years after they are said to be proven correct.
All it means is that not everything has a scientific explanation. We as people are not capable of comprehending some of the stuff that goes on around us, as such we cannot answer everything through science.
I think it means quite the opposite; the scientific process is one that is constantly renewing itself with more and more knowledge through testing. I don't think there's anything around us that can't be explained through constant examination.
This is a really interesting question -- I don't think that you can say in no uncertain terms that not everything has a scientific explanation; you can't know inherently that people are not capable of comprehending everything at a scientific level, especially because new discoveries crop up all the time. Thousands of years ago I doubt people would have thought it possible to comprehend such a thing as a proton or a quark, but we do now, to an extent.
And regardless, human inability to comprehend certain aspects of science does not preclude the possibility that everything has a scientific explanation. I'm not saying that everything does have a scientific explanation, but I do think that this is a difficult, if not impossible, question to answer with a simple 'yes' or 'no'. A lot of it has to do with faith as well - if you're the type of person who believes that everything has a logical explanation you're more inclined to think that science holds all the answers, even if we don't know those
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This is a really interesting question -- I don't think that you can say in no uncertain terms that not everything has a scientific explanation; you can't know inherently that people are not capable of comprehending everything at a scientific level, especially because new discoveries crop up all the time. Thousands of years ago I doubt people would have thought it possible to comprehend such a thing as a proton or a quark, but we do now, to an extent.
And regardless, human inability to comprehend certain aspects of science does not preclude the possibility that everything has a scientific explanation. I'm not saying that everything does have a scientific explanation, but I do think that this is a difficult, if not impossible, question to answer with a simple 'yes' or 'no'. A lot of it has to do with faith as well - if you're the type of person who believes that everything has a logical explanation you're more inclined to think that science holds all the answers, even if we don't know those ( ... )
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You stole the words right out of my mouth.
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