Myth VS Science

The difference between myth and science is the difference between divine inspiration of 'unaided reason' (as Bertrand Russell put it) on the one hand and theories developed in observational contact with the real world on the other. It is the difference between the belief in prophets and critical thinking, between Credo quia absurdum (I believe because it is absurd–Tertullian) and De omnibus est dubitandum (Everything should be questioned–Descartes). To try to write a grand cosmical drama leads necessarily to myth. To try to let knowledge substitute ignorance in increasingly large regions of space and time is science.

Notes:

A great quote by Hannes Alfvén on the lines between empiricism and intuitive reasoning.

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Cosmology: Myth or Science?

Periodicals>Journal Article: Alfvén, Hannes (1984), Cosmology: Myth or Science?, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 5, 79-98, Retrieved on 2011-09-01

Folksonomies: cosmology

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04 SEP 2011

The Domains of Religion Versus Science

NOMA - Non-Overlapping Magisteria > Contrast > Myth VS Science
Gould argues that science and religion are completely separate realms of knowledge and explorations. Alfvén describes how the two come from completely different worldviews; however, we must concede that the two inhabit the same reality. If both are views of the world shared by people who inhabit that it, then they have no choice but to conflict.