so, if you are such a big brain, why would you ask a question you already know the answer to? Oh, because your smooth brain thinks this is reddit and you think you are a good troll. sadly, you are just a pathetic excuse of a troll. learn more before you attempt again, then you wont look stupid to the whole world, and its now forever, so you can look back on this in a few years and cringe like all of us are at this moment. good luck wannabe troll
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froghorse@lemm.ee 1 year agoReally?
Science is better than the alternative because it delivers higher quality models. But that’s just my opinion.
Alternatives to science are tradition, consensus, authority, personal experience. But there might be others.
There you go Einstein.
UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
froghorse@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Because I want alternative takes on the subject. Because I want to discuss it. Because the subject interests me. That’s what big brains do.
jeffw@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Alternative science? The fuck are you saying?
BURN@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No they are not. It’s been explained to you plenty, you’re just intentionally being obtuse.
froghorse@lemm.ee 1 year ago
And yet you offer no actual argument. Hmmm.
BURN@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Except we did. You just ignored everything that doesn’t fit the pinhole of your worldview.
Science does not have alternatives. Science describes the natural order of the world in quantifiable, repeatable ways.
Religion, tradition, consensus and all your other bullshit all rely on human information, which are not reliable sources of truth. The only way to prove something is to observe, document and then have others verify, which is also known as the scientific process.
froghorse@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Science is a method for getting knowledge. We have other methods for getting knowledge too. All have their pros and cons.
An advantage of science is that it delivers knowledge of high quality.
An advantage of authority is that it is convenient.
An advantage of personal experience is that it is not limited to abstraction.
There are other advantages, no doubt. And other methods.
The subject under discussion is called Epistemology. The philosophy of knowledge.
It isn’t as scary as it sounds.