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Thread #159128 Message #3771513
Posted By: Stu
09-Feb-16 - 08:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Zika vs anti-abortion cults
Subject: RE: BS: Zika vs anti-abortion cults
"To suggest that there are elements of the natural world that will be forever unknowable is to turn that scientific uncertainty on its head."
I'm not sure I agree. It's possible there will be elements of the natural world that will be forever unknowable to us, and this could be for any number of reasons; some things may just be beyond our cognitive and intellectual ability to understand or even recognise for what they are. Or perhaps the human race might reach a point when we do understand everything in the known universe, but then... would this universe be the limit of our experience? Might we be unable to access other universes if they exist? They would be a natural part of the cosmos but could be inaccessible to us, perhaps physically, perhaps conceptually? Would we even recognise them as existing? How could they be knowable?
"So you always have the disclaimer that "science" can never be 100% certain"
Pete, we've been over this a thousand times. You're not interested in what we've got to say mate. If, perchance, you do actually want to know Google "scientific method" and read away. These regurgitated old tropes really add nothing to the discussion.