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This is a 7 page paper discussing the false confidence modern man should have in the proven “realities” of Western science. While modern day scientists seem confident in providing “proven” scientific discoveries and conclusions, historical evidence would seem to provide an alternative scenario which would show that man should have little if any confidence in the science or the technologies of his generation. Throughout history, science has been considered as studying reality which was formerly the place of religion. Western scientists in particular separated science from religion and held Western science in high regard. Western science and the discoveries within it have relied a great deal on the technologies from the East which are now considered as traditional. Despite the confidence in science, historical analyses show that most theories shift over time and old theories are discarded as new ones are used as a result of paradigm shift in scientific thought. Even within the field of physics which seeks to simplify the components of nature, it is not accepted that everything can be explained. Society’s “faith” in science differs a great deal as some scientists continue to believe that certain “realities” can be proven while others are again looking at how flexible the “realities” in science are now and will continue to be.
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seem to provide an alternative scenario which would show that man should have little if any confidence in the science or the technologies of his generation. Throughout history, science has
been considered as studying reality which was formerly the place of religion. Western scientists in particular separated science from religion and held Western science in high regard. Western science and
the discoveries within it have relied a great deal on the technologies from the East which are now considered as traditional. Despite the confidence in science, historical analyses show that
most theories shift over time and old theories are discarded as new ones are used as a result of paradigm shift in scientific thought. Even within the field of physics
which seeks to simplify the components of nature, it is not accepted that everything can be explained. Societys "faith" in science differs a great deal as some scientists continue to
believe that certain "realities" can be proven while others are again looking at how flexible the "realities" in science are now and will continue to be. Barash (2003) in his
article "Believing is Seeing" argues against the traditional form of the phrase "Seeing is Believing" based on how scientific discoveries have been recognized over the centuries. Barash points out that
initially "sensory evidence - seeing, smelling, hearing, touching - generally confirms our knowledge giving us confidence that something is real. Moreover, we presume that anything real will somehow impinge upon
our senses" but remarkably "we only see things we when we are prepared to find them" (Barash, 2003, p. B10). Scientific discoveries, from Barashs perspective occur in areas where scientists
expect to find them and generally anomalies to nature are often ignored leading scientists to being particularly "vulnerable to blindness ... or at least, blinkered-ness" (p. B10).
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