24 FEB 2011 by ideonexus

 Science Doesn't Concern Itself With What Doesn't Exist

Science doesn’t concern itself with the non-existence of something. The periodic table of imaginary things would be too big for a classroom- infinitely big in fact, and rather pointless. It’s not trying to prove the non-existence of anything supernatural. All it knows is there is no scientific proof of anything supernatural so far. When someone presents a jar of God it will test it. If it finds some evidence of “godness” it will follow the evidence till it knows everything it can. The fact t...
Folksonomies: science atheism
Folksonomies: science atheism
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Ricky Gervais describing why science only concerns itself with discovering truth, not what should be done with that truth.