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On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Michael wrote:
I'll agree that science is a belief system as much as any religion but
I'll point out that it is a belief system based on an ongoing stream of
very easy to spot evidence which I don't think is true of most
religions.
Religions tell you to believe some particular things, but in science you
are not supposed to believe any particular thing. Science would be a
"belief system" only in that the scientist maintains a degree of
skepticism about all truth claims and that skepticism can be weakened only
by evidence. That's the system. More evidence leads to more "belief",
but is "belief" the right word? Maybe "confidence" is better.
Mike
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