Interconnects
Reply #51 – 2008-07-03 17:13:20
"There are also many - though, less known - examples where "believing" in what is called "science" caused widespread myths." Yes. Remember the one about nuclear power providing free energy: forever. Or how about BSE not being transferable to humans. Anyone convinced that GM crops will feed the world? Did actual scientists make those claims without qualification, in scientific literature? Or are you quoting science as cartooned in the media? Since scientists started to claim, that they alone can "explain the world", that also burdens them with the responsibility of how their experiments are transmitted, explained, teached and interpreted, plus the whole moral issue of new tech. They claim to be able to do anything, now deal with the consequences. In other words: scientists are fully responsible for choosing their cooperation partners, like employers, etc. - they cannot honestly get away from that burden, since they were the ones who practically fired those, who in the past were responsible for that (i.e. philosophers). And don't underestimate "magic". Ask any "primitive" tribe if their medicine man can cure the sick/bring rain/etc. Right, and if you know 'The Secret' you can WISH your way to wealth! :rolleyes: You are aware, that since quite a while, the amount of evidence for "metaprogramming"-techniques has become so big, that it is now in widespread use by mental science, right? Or did you prefer to ignore that all that information for the sake of believing in the materialistic worldview of "natural science"?