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Arthur_Leywin354 t1_it3sok9 wrote

Reply to comment by iiioiia in [Peter Harrison] Why religion is not going away and science will not destroy it by BasketCase0024

When I talk about "science" I'm talking about the scientific method, which I think is good. Since I like the scientific method, I am ok with the scientific method becoming the dominant motivator for human decision-making. If that was the case, we could have resolved climate change sooner and put more money into renewables. Maybe the coral reef wouldn't have been obliterated if it wasn't for religious leaders. rip

If religion was less prominent, people would also be freer. Abortion wouldn't be so controversial, transgender people wouldn't have to fight as hard for their rights, etc. (Btw I'm not saying "if people believe in the scientific method more, then we would be free" I'm saying "with a lack of religion, people would be freer")

Soo yeah... I would prefer the scientific method to be the main framework people think in, not sure what you're point is.

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iiioiia t1_it3tpnv wrote

>When I talk about "science" I'm talking about the scientific method, which I think is good.

Science is composed of a lot more than that.

> Since I like the scientific method, I am ok with the scientific method becoming the dominant motivator for human decision-making. If that was the case, we could have resolved climate change sooner and put more money into renewables.

Could have.

Does science teach its followers to have curiosity about whether their predictions of the future, or counterfactual reality, are actually true?

>Soo yeah... I would prefer the scientific method to be the main framework people think in, not sure what you're point is.

Part of my point is that like religious people, people who have been ideologically captured by science are also unable to distinguish between their beliefs, facts, and the unknown.

As proof, I offer your comment.

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Arthur_Leywin354 t1_it41oy1 wrote

You still haven't actually said anything. "I offer your comment." ok and what?

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