12 Apr '12 19:14>
A provocative statement?
“Science is always wrong,” George Bernard Shaw famously proclaimed in a toast to Albert Einstein. “It never solves a problem without creating 10 more.”
Discomfort with the above quote may separate “fans” of science who wish to defeat religion with it, from those who study and practice science; the latter being the comfortable ones.
The quote is from:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/02/stuart-firestein-ignorance-science/
This link is a review of the book "Ignorance: How It Drives Science," by Stuart Firestein (Ph.D. Professor, Biological Sciences, Columbia).
Another quote, this from the book: “Being a scientist requires having faith in uncertainty, finding pleasure in mystery, and learning to cultivate doubt. There is no surer way to screw up an experiment than to be certain of its outcome.”
A podcast discussion with Firestein on this book is available at:
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201204121000
I do not believe science should be put to work against religion. It diminishes science. And PS, I have all the coursework for a chemistry PhD behind me, with a 3.8 GPA. And a BS in Science Education.
Of course I think religion should stay out of science, too; it diminishes religion. So both of my wishes are pipe dreams.
“Science is always wrong,” George Bernard Shaw famously proclaimed in a toast to Albert Einstein. “It never solves a problem without creating 10 more.”
Discomfort with the above quote may separate “fans” of science who wish to defeat religion with it, from those who study and practice science; the latter being the comfortable ones.
The quote is from:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/02/stuart-firestein-ignorance-science/
This link is a review of the book "Ignorance: How It Drives Science," by Stuart Firestein (Ph.D. Professor, Biological Sciences, Columbia).
Another quote, this from the book: “Being a scientist requires having faith in uncertainty, finding pleasure in mystery, and learning to cultivate doubt. There is no surer way to screw up an experiment than to be certain of its outcome.”
A podcast discussion with Firestein on this book is available at:
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201204121000
I do not believe science should be put to work against religion. It diminishes science. And PS, I have all the coursework for a chemistry PhD behind me, with a 3.8 GPA. And a BS in Science Education.
Of course I think religion should stay out of science, too; it diminishes religion. So both of my wishes are pipe dreams.