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re: What makes you a science denier?
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:19 am to Peazey
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:19 am to Peazey
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f I can see the results from something then I'll accept the scientific explanation as the probably being the best explanation even if I don't completely understand some of the specifics. I don't consider that taking it on faith though.
When you don't fully understand something but you trust that someone else has done their due diligence in the gaps where your comprehension is incomplete, that is quite literally faith.
Example: is it possible to know with absolute certainty that perception of the world is identical among all humans, knowing that brain chemistry, genetic makeup, and experiences vary from person to person? Isn't it possible that perception varies between people, but because of conditioning, people react to stimuli in much the same way across the board? I don't think we currently can, but we take it on faith that it is.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:35 am to ManBearTiger
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When you don't fully understand something but you trust that someone else has done their due diligence in the gaps where your comprehension is incomplete, that is quite literally faith.
In the biblical sense? Hell no. In the sense that I have to put trust in someone to do their role in society then ok. I guess. That isn't the same thing as "faith in God" though.
For example: I have a rudimentary understanding of how electricity works and even how many of the electronics and appliances in my house work. I do not know all the engineering details of how the electricity gets to my house or where all the screws and parts go and specifically do in my appliances. But I do know the basics physics of what electricity is and that it is generated in a plant then transferred to my house via wires. I experience the direct result of it. Is it really an act of faith that when I flip the light switch in my bedroom that I expect my lamp to turn on? Do I really have to be an expert on all human knowledge for my life to not be lived on this faith of yours?
This post was edited on 4/15/16 at 10:36 am
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:40 am to ManBearTiger
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I don't think we currently can, but we take it on faith that it is.
Oh and I believe this is called inductive reasoning. It's probabilistic reasoning that has nothing to do with faith.
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