Friday, November 19, 2010

11-19-10

The scientific method is the path to truth.

Ignorance and preconception are the source of all problems in life.
Common preconceptions (precons) are religion, political ideology, and superstition. Precons warp our view of nature, so that we cannot see the evidence.

Religion (preconception): The idea is the standard; any evidence to the contrary is ignored, suppressed, or "retrofitted" to the idea.
Idea <- Evidence

Science (reason): Evidence is the standard; the idea is formed, and then reformed to fit the evidence.
Evidence -> Idea

This is why science and religion will never agree; they are opposite processes.

Study of nature leads to spiritual experience.

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