(11-11-2024, 04:32 PM)Byrd Wrote: I'm being a cranky grump today (not much sleep, which makes me more reactive), but I note with a cynical eye that people point out the Famous Exceptions -- and toss everyone else into the "never heard of them, therefore they're all rigid thinkers and stuck in the box thinking."
The alchemy of yore wasn't what we think of today, and the idea that alchemy was a huge impact on science isn't well thought out and ignores scientists of a much earlier age, including Aristotle and Hero of Alexandria (among many others) who shaped and formed science.
...but mostly I'm tired of hearing this about scientists by people using tools created by scientists on a platform that was created by scientists using electrical energy created by machines designed by scientists and components designed by scientists.
I'mma gonna go pet my cat now. She's not a scientist, but she appreciates me, as long as I clean the litterbox and feed her.
Keep petting your cat, not going to make you any less grumpy but
Science has its roots in religion
The Influence of Christian TheologyMethodological naturalism is a convention that has been around really only since the late 19th century. Science actually got started in a very explicitly theistic—indeed Christian—milieu. The period of time that historians call the Scientific Revolution is roughly 1300 to 1700. There's debate about when it actually started and how much the Protestants versus Catholics were responsible, but clearly theological ideas—Christian theological ideas—had a huge in the formation and foundation of modern science.
https://www.crossway.org/articles/how-ch...n-science/
just that modern day scientists deny anything that isn’t their sacred “cash” cow, oh look, let’s endorse/sell covid vaccines, proven by “our” science
some say they are not religious though are always proselytising their faith and I do know some scientists ?
