Will science have the answers

[jutka]

Originally posted by A_Nun
Since when psycology could explain anything?

And what do you happen to know about psychology? Do you know anything about it? I doubt it, because otherwise you wouldn't have written what you did.

[Marinus]

Ladies and Gentlemen!

I am convinced that science will NEVER have "all the answers to explain man and nature". Being a chemist myself, I recall the mainstream opinion from the 19th century scientists. About 1890, most scientists were convinced that "within a generation, science can solve all the remaining problems". They even disencouraged young people to study science, because "there were only a few minor problems left".

But exactly these "minor problems" (the Michelson/Morley experments & the UV catastrophy) gave rise to a revolution in science: the Relativity Theory (1905-1916) and the Quantum Theory (1920-1930). A huge new area of science had to be discovered.

In my opnion science is "like a balloon": when you get higher, you can see more land: the horizon widens and widens. A new discovery - or theory - in science will show a new horizon of new questions to be solved, etc.

[mastodon]

What happens when the balloon gets too high and pops?

Excellent post, Marinus. I agree. The more questions science answers, the more questions will be raised. It seems "why?" is the perpetual question.

what if a rocket reaching escape velocity is a better metaphor than the balloon? Let us hope so!T.

[Dr_Nuisance]

Originally posted by Madscientist
Do you believe that science will have all the answers to explain man and nature?

I don't know, but the thing that annoys me about science is that one is constrained to explaining something in the real world....this is why I like math....math is more like art...theorems, theories, ideas, axioms, all for their own sake......