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3327499 No.3327499 [Reply] [Original]

Science is a philosophy based on the foundational principles of empiricism and scientific determinism.

Within that philosophy is the scientific method, which is a tool, that with those two assumptions, should yield valid results about the world.

Then often times when people refer to 'science' would they also refer to the mountain of knowledge that exists within this philosophical framework that the scientific method has validated?

>> No.3327503

>>3327499
no, science is just a word.

>> No.3327507

This is a science board, we value simplicity and understanding way higher than lofty word use. If you want to sound smart without actually doing anything go to /lit/

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3327562

>>3327507
Fine, and sorry..

Instead of deleting the thread, another question had popped into head.

Scientists established that the Earth shifted its axis by less than a degree several thousand year ago starting a downhill tumble for the Sahara rainforest. It shifted the weather patterns driving less and less rain to the region.

The sahara was largely vast grass lands and on the top coast of Africa was cedar forests. What happened to all of that? Rome, Greece and Egypt needed the lumber for construction and fuel for cooking and firing limestone to make plaster.

Today, and thousands of years ago those cedar forests are gone, and the destruction of those forests caused massive erosion. It became so arid and the soil so sandy and infertile that the permanent, nearly lifeless desert arose.
Today the land is so dry and sandy that when it does rain, the water never reaches the water table and evaporates almost instantly. The super heated sand also prevents the proper conditions for rainstorms to occur in the first place.

Could the Sahara desert be largely manmade?

>> No.3327580

>>3327499

Are you me?

'science' can refer to the method used to aquire the knowledge, the underlying philosophy, and the body of knowledge within the philosophy that the methodology has produced.

You are correct.

>> No.3327590

>>3327562

No. It being a desert is largely an accident of location and weather patterns.

>> No.3327596

/sci/ - Semantics Club

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3327643

>>3327580
Thanks for the validation, I was thinking about it earlier today and had been annoying my friends in the process for some sort of crutch.

Most say the underlying philosophy makes repercussions around science and as such, should be split into an entirely new unit of study, the scientific method

I'll delete this thread in a few mins, sorry if I came off as some sort of base, vulgar pseudo-intellectual

>> No.3327655

>>3327643

I just have one question: have you ever been to japan?

>> No.3327690

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_QrTEmFur4

this guy has one of the only good vids i've seen on philosophy of science

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3327706

>>3327655
yes, I'm quite the linguist

I've only been there twice, both times were for from college opportunity.

majoring in business, but I'm fascinated with the fields of science

>> No.3328146

something like that.