送交者: LoyalReader 于 August 08, 2002 19:12:57:
回答: Is science arbitrary? 由 outsisder 于 August 08, 2002 17:33:46:
science IS arbitrary; I believe that I used the correct
word to convey my thought.
Let's see the definition of the word "arbitrary":
"Determined by whim or impulse, not by reason or law."
Science has answered tons of "how's", but few "why's",
but it is the "why's" constitue "reasons and laws."
Otherwise, they are just useful but still arbitrary
models, being it the theory of evelution, or the
theory of Big Bang.
You may argue that scientific models are the outcomes
of reason. Well, I disagree. No outcome of reason is
possible without kinowing why it happens. As Hannah
Arendt once noted, "Modern times, dominated by
technology, are characterized precisely by the fact
that reason, in the sense of an orginally given
self-revealing contemplative understanding, is LOST,
and is replaced by a detached technology, actively
preoccupied with abstract mathematical theory and
physical replication".
Just as a country shouldn't be controled by any
religious faiths, a society shouldn't be predominated
by scientific perception of reality based on models.
Or at least, we should and deserve to do better than
that. We need to pursue other avenues.
By the way, my previous post is about seeking the
meaning of life, not about any religion. In fact, I
don't subscribe to any established religions myself.
But in the meantime, I will never claim that I know
that there is no Creator, or a Supereme Being.
Or God.
Are you really comfortable to make that claim
yourself?