A couple of years ago I tried to explain to an old friend of mine what M-Theory, or Super String Theory were, and he gave me an astonishingly odd look as if I were wacko, and asked me if I was referring to science fiction alien conspiracies. "No" I replied, and laughed. I said:" Where do you think science fiction writers got their ideas? These theories have been around since the mid 30s, with other parts of it long before then."
He still didn't grasp what I was saying, or why I felt such interest in it. However he attends a church weekly, and his kid is obsessed with Star Wars.
I'm tired of fighting religion, and I really don't care what anyone believes, but whatever it is you believe we should not allow ourselves to remain ignorant to the importance of science.
If we're not passionate about science, how can we expect to have a new generation that is also interested in it? It is important because science is the only tool that can move us forward.
He still didn't grasp what I was saying, or why I felt such interest in it. However he attends a church weekly, and his kid is obsessed with Star Wars.
I'm tired of fighting religion, and I really don't care what anyone believes, but whatever it is you believe we should not allow ourselves to remain ignorant to the importance of science.
If we're not passionate about science, how can we expect to have a new generation that is also interested in it? It is important because science is the only tool that can move us forward.
I'd play the video, but I'm streaming some Sugar Ray right now.
ReplyDeleteI agree, though. The way I see it, religion should fill the void until science can explain it.
I'm a pragmatist. If you want to believe the sun is Apollo riding a chariot across the sky, fine. But when Galileo provers otherwise, you have to roll with it.
I too am a pragmatist, so I agree.
ReplyDeleteI wish at age 7 I knew more about electromagnetism than I did about Spiderman. My old library science books smelled like rotted cheese made from the sweat of 20 year old mildewed gym shorts.
Science studies just didn't seem very appealing at the time.
This is an incredibly well done post! One of my main arguments against religion is right here in this post; it's a cop out from thinking.
ReplyDeleteReligion provides a 4th grade answer to an incredibly complicated question, which allows them to not think about science. Mythical thinking is so often used as a crutch to bolster intellectual apathy.
K.Syrah - I can somewhat agree but too often I see the fight being talked about more than what's being missed out of all of the brewhaha.
ReplyDeleteMany unorthodox support science because they know that we don't have all of the answers. When we're a civilization that power a city off of a spec of dirty, and all poverty is completely gone I'll be happy to debate morality.
religions and their doctrines create too many conflicts...logic and reasoning is the only way to go
ReplyDeleteSean - True. If only logic and reason were so easily allowed such safe passage. Difficult when so many invest in cashing a refund after death with no proof of purchase.
ReplyDeleteI don't care what others believe either, and I don't think it's asking too much that people be aware of science. The fight for science is local, regional and I personally don't thin it should be. I think we should have some kind of national requirements regarding science.
ReplyDeleteThat won't happen anytime soon Cooper. You know that. Our First Lady suggested kids eat better foods like fresh raw carrots and people went nuts. Such oppression!
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