[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Judas Iscariot

Why should fate be seperated from science? Why do we need some sort of insane free will to believe in whatever we want to believe in on the grounds that it's 'faith'? Yeah, screw science, I have great faith that the inside of Jupiter is made of candy floss. Insane, no? Faith allows you to maintain delusions and get away with it.

LT, science is not based on faith. Science is based on accepted, researched fact. If it's not fact, then it's just a theory. There is no faith involved in facts, which is what science is based on. Cross checked, tested, rigorously examined facts.

That's the beauty of science. It doesn't shy away from criticizm, it thrives on it. Heavy handed critique improves science. Not destroy it.

no one said that science is based on faith?

science is not facts. there are very few facts. science is based on what information we have available. Most of our current scientific "facts" may well be deemed untrue in 200 years time. Cross checked, tested, rigorously examined facts as you call them are just based on the information and understanding we have now. tomorrow it could be superseded.