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This 4 page paper examines the question of when should we discard explanations that are intuitively appealing. Examples are provided from history to support the value of science yet the author argues that some beliefs are simply too valuable to the human condition to be easily discarded. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Human nature is to invent explanations for events and occurrences that are intuitively appealing. Example might be
found in the various creation myths that encircle the world, the fifteenth century belief that the world was flat and that the unsuspecting explorer might actually sail right off the
edge of it, and the belief that illness occurred because of bad magic. There are, of course, many other examples of intuitively appealing explanations. Science has disproven many
of these explanations. It can be argued, however, that while some intuitively appealing explanations should be discarded in face of scientific proof, others are too precious to human existence
to even be examined scientifically. Furthermore, we have learned over time that "science" can sometimes be more characterized by error than by fact!
While there is no real consensus among historians as to exactly when the Scientific Revolution started, it is generally agreed on that it was in the seventeenth century (Henry,
2008). Copernicus, of course, was the first to discover truly radical information that, when finally released, ushered in the scientific revolution and the age of Enlightenment. Copernicus, to
the consternation of the Church in particular, asserted that it was the sun around which our planet revolved, not the sun around the earth as was held by the Church.
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