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Anonymous Wed Jul 18 03:01:28 2012 No.4882470 [Reply] [Original]

Faith in science is overwhelmingly practiced by people who are not scientists

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 03:03:28 2012 No.4882475 >go to party >bunch of tattoo'd, long haired metalheads wearing denim vests >a few of them are having conversations about how dimensions work >talking about string theory >most of them failed out of college what is going on?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 03:05:13 2012 No.4882477 "OMG you're a math major? I LOVE math" "Oh really, what's your favorite subject?" "Art" wut?

>>	thread completer !!henL/GWe9wQ Wed Jul 18 03:06:43 2012 No.4882481 >/sci/ thread

>>	Reiiama Kotsu, Inevitable Wed Jul 18 03:08:44 2012 No.4882486 >>4882470 That's because science isn't about faith, it's about experimentation to confirm theories. What true scientist practices FAITH in science? I'd say that DOUBT in science should be practiced.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 03:10:58 2012 No.4882493 File: 50 KB, 542x308, 1283940216372.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >you will never see a science or math thread on /sci/

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 03:17:49 2012 No.4882503 >>4882475 Complete lack of work ethic

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 03:18:58 2012 No.4882505 >>4882503 It was more like "oh dude like... this thing I watched on YouTube man, you don't even fucking know (start smoking a cig) Like, in the 4th dimension, time does... all kinds of freaky shit man."

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 03:20:13 2012 No.4882510 >only artists can appreciate art >only musicians can appreciate music >only chefs can appreciate food

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 03:21:59 2012 No.4882512 Empiricism is faith-based.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 03:53:28 2012 No.4882564 >>4882470 Not so. Faith is a believe without backup, people's trust in science is based on the overwhelming successes of science.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 03:55:58 2012 No.4882570 Faith in gravity is overwhelmingly practiced by people who are or who are not scientists.

>>	None !!qdvBtKFtNy6 Wed Jul 18 03:56:43 2012 No.4882575 >>4882470 Faith is not verifiable, therefore your statement is meaningless.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 04:02:59 2012 No.4882586 File: 1.78 MB, 357x296, 1337269216401.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4882575 /thread

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 04:44:43 2012 No.4882668 >>4882512 If empiricism is faith-based, what in the hell does that leave that isn't faith-based?