• Preußisch Blau@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    21
    arrow-down
    7
    ·
    edit-2
    2 days ago

    Believing that science yields universally true results or is the only method of finding truths, however, is an ontology and something you have to believe.

    Edit: I’m not anti-science or anything, just a pedant.

    • flora_explora@beehaw.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      12 hours ago

      I agree with the second part of that sentence, but who would think that they discover universal truths or any truths at all? The whole premise of science is that we cannot verify anything or find any real truth. We can just show that anything else is much more unlikely to be true.

    • yesman@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      1 day ago

      Believing that science yields universally true results or is the only method of finding truths

      You just described science as though it were a belief system. In reality, science has a presumption that your ideals are false, not true. And a person who could only discover truth through science wouldn’t be able to dress or feed themselves.