Limits of Science by Garry Joseph

Limits of Science

Published on Sep 03, 2016

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What are the limits of science?

Perception

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Science can’t answerall kinds of questions.

Science can’t useall kinds of answers.

Some scientific answers aren’t as strong as others.

If an answer can’t be tested, it's not science.

If an answer doesn’t survive testing, it can’t be used.

Science is not really about finding proof of anything.

Good science can’t use just some of the rules.

Why is this sunset so beautiful?

Can science tell us that it’s beautiful?

Questions Science Cannot Answer

What is the right thing to do?

Why do you like to dance?

What is the meaning of life?

Why do I love you?

Who was the best president?

Why is that sunset so beautiful?

What is the purpose of my existence?

Answers Science Cannot Use

1. Answers just based on authority

2. Answers based on opinion, popularity, or belief:

3. Answers just based on logic or common sense

There is a cabin on the side of a mountain. Three people are inside and they are dead.How did they die?

A woman leaves home and makes three left turns. She returns home again. On the way,she passed two women with masks. Who were the two women?

A man and his son were rock climbing on a particularly dangerous mountain when they slipped and fell. The man was killed, but the son lived and was rushed to a hospital.

The old surgeon looked at the young man and declared, “I can’t operate on this boy: he is my son.” How can this be?

It is a stormy, snowy day. There is a man dead inside a shack. There are no windows and the only door is locked from inside. There is no way in or out.

The man has a stab wound.There is a puddle of water and blood next to him. How did he die?

4. Answers that cannot be tested:

5. Answers that do not survive testing:

Some Answers Are Impossible To Disprove... such as....

Life is so complex that it must have been created by some intelligent designer.

Some people can predict the future because they have a magical talent.

Some of our behavior is caused by mysterious influences from the stars.

Gravity is caused by a mystical power.

There is life after death.

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Science can’t answer
all kinds of questions.

Science can’t use
all kinds of answers.

There is a cabin on the side of a mountain. Three people are inside and they are dead.
How did they die?

A woman leaves home and makes three left turns. She returns home again. On the way,
she passed two women with masks. Who were the two women?

The man has a stab wound.
There is a puddle of water and blood next to him. How did he die?

Gravity is caused by
a mystical power.