- 14 Apr 2017 19:20
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Faith is faith, and needs no external justification. It is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things unseen. It is enough that you believe, and for those who don't - that is sufficient for them, as well.
Alarm bells should go off whenever you hear a scientist talk about proof. Science deals exclusively with the material world, and our knowledge of it is provisional. Science's conclusions are probability-based and subject to revision. Furthermore, its conclusions' validity is limited to its proper domain: the physical world. It can say nothing useful outside of this domain.
The concept of 'proof' is not a scientific one. It is a logical one. Science advances by challenge and response, and the accreted weight of evidence. There is never a final proof.
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters. -Antonio Gramsci