Scientific Progress
Part 1:Scientific progress, is it really happening? Can we even talk about process? Of course we can, we just to define our terms, once we do, then we can talk about if it's happening or not.
Progress according to the Reality Check is that the scientific method has allowed greater predictability and specificity about the natural world. So according to this defined term, then there is progress going on.
"When people thought the Earth was flat, thy were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together." - Issac Asimov
Many many people argue about how Darwin was wrong about evolution because a certain kind of species of bacteria actually share their genes with each other. Some other people argue about how Newton is wrong because when you use the equation at the speed of light, the whole thing goes haywire. But that doesn't mean we should just throw away their theories and ideas! Darwin can then said to be right for most caes, and Newton is right in our physical world, because everything we can test here today fits his laws perfectly.
So, has there been progress? Yes, there is more and more predictability in life today. But no as well because of all these discoveries and ideas are killing our planet. So, we have to define our terms.
The reason we people put so much trust into everyday life science is because it helps things become predictable and makes our lives easier.
"The pencil is mightier than the pen." Robert M. Pirsig
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