Are we saying that science fails at scale?
Comment on Is a scientific lifestyle even possible?
nodsocket@lemmy.world 8 months ago
All science is based on observations whose veracity can’t be completely proven. You may be a brain in a vat and all your life experiences are illusions. All you can do is make sense of the world with respect to your observations and have faith that it is an accurate representation of reality.
Science is still better than religion of guessing because in science you are looking for logical consistency. Even if your worldview is false, at least it will be in accordance with itself.
dope@lemm.ee 8 months ago
HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Why would it?
dope@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Because you can’t test everything.
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
No, but given enough people in the field and enough time, you can test most of what matters. You don’t need to test (and re-test) absolutely everything. Just enough to draw consistent conclusions for the decisions people make.
dope@lemm.ee 8 months ago
That’s nice, but how about my question?
ken_cleanairsystems@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Your question is really vague; I think that’s one reason people are having a hard time answering. What do you mean by “lifestyle”? Can you give some specific examples of areas or ways in which you want to apply science to your everyday life?