[MD] Science - Delusions in Search of Theory

[david buchanan]

Ian said:
...Like I said Adrie, in what way, where do you get that idea from - his penultimate paragraph? ... In what way is Ian Angell's home page "religious fanaticism" Adrie ?!?!


dmb says:

"This motley crew of smug self-professed humanists was intent on disgracing the much-loved Christmas institution, in much the same way a Black Mass profanes the Eucharist. How they must have chuckled at their cleverness... Virtuous in their indignation against religion, they set about offending every Christian in sight. Certain of their own faith in science, these contemptuous and contemptible bigots thought nothing of trampling on the beliefs of others. Such is the intellectual imperialism of scientism – a prevalent and predominant attitude among those who dogmatically project the scientific method as the one and only true way of acquiring knowledge about reality and the nature of things. ... Indeed, the hubris that comes with an unquestioned belief in scientific method, particularly when it is targeted at social, political, commercial, and even religious concerns is an accident waiting to happen. ...It’s time to nail the big lie of the last three centuries, and stop this obsession with tidy methodical ‘rational’ solutions. ‘Understanding through scientific theory, and applied via its methods’ does not place us in control of human destiny. Indeed, there is no such thing as ‘understanding’, only mere description through observation … and observation is itself a delusion steeped in paradox. Both authors must admit it came as quite a shock to them, both agnostics, that the words of a nineteenth century hymn should resonate so well with their thinking: Immortal, Invisible, God only wise. In light inaccessible hid from our eyes. (Hymns of Christ and the Christian Life, Walter C. Smith.)"


That's where Adrie go the idea, Ian. And if you don't recognize the religious motive behind this attack or the childish denigration used to mount that attack, then you're not just tone-deaf, you're also blind and numb as well. I mean, it's just so obvious. How can you not see it? Just read the quoted except out loud and listen to yourself. It should be very clear that the author hates science because it threatens his faith. 

Balance, my ass.