What Is Science (how Do You Define It And Relate It To Your Life / Reality)?

[pagetheoracle]

Science doesn't lead to arguments because it is precise. If water boils at a certain temperature, there's nothing to fight over because it is a provable fact. If however, we say something is hot or cold, this is a generalised statement and can be argued over because it is personal opinion or position that somebody else may dispute, based on their own judgement or feelings about the subject.

 

In an argument, an egotistical man demolishes his opponent, not his points. Truth suffers in this way – a victim of verbal violence or innocence betrayed by fear (suppression not expression). Blame culture or the Cult of Personality as I use the term, means finding a victim to dump responsibility upon (useless me / villainous you), rather than seek out a mechanical answer to what went wrong i.e. Too little or too much of something, leading to collapse and disaster in some area. Science is the home of the detective, the man finding clues as to what happened, not trying to pin the blame on someone, in an emotional war of fault finding.

 

Science is about uncovering the truth, not covering up what we fear we might find or indeed are horrified at what we have found out about the world that has thrown our sense of certainty out the window. It is being open to all beliefs but putting them to the test where possible, to find out what is certain, probable totally unfounded or still an unknown quantity as with verdicts in law.

 

True laws are universally applicable. This means they are not personal but neutral (cover all without fear or favour), so that paranoia and neurotic reactions to their findings are inappropriate and therefore baffling to the viewer of these defensive actions, except as proof they exist.

 

Why do we need science? Because we hypnotise ourselves and have others hypnotise us into believing something is true, when in reality it is not (advertising and the power of belief to influence the mind). Belief can move mountains but it can become a mountain itself – stubborn, immobile, unchanging – afraid to move on. The truth is an explosion that can bring us back down to Earth again, from our lofty towers of certainty; onto a level playing field of new experiences, new beginnings, new beliefs.

 

The law of evidence states that the closer you are to something and the stiller you are, the more detail you will pick up about it. It also states that the faster you go, the more distant you are in relation to the subject in time and space, possibly to the exclusion of noticing its existence at all or only having a general awareness of it as a phenomena / object, so we speculate about it, rather than know through direct experience.

 

Life is an experiment where we posit a theory about reality and test it through experience, each and every day. If we're wrong, we have to adjust our beliefs and actions accordingly. If we're right, it reinforces our prejudices, time however can change the rules (Agar jelly crystallization for instance or dinosaurs ruling the Earth).

 

We are all scientists / detectives in that we are seeking the truth about events outside our control or that happened before our time. In our alternative mode, we are villains / criminals trying to hide our actions, our motives, our thoughts from others, who might not approve of them (our laxity and its result).