SSM Plebiscite

[LP]

The scientific method cannot explain everything, and some of the things it cannot explain are very worthwhile indeed. The only way scientists can be religious is by compartmentalization. You don't think dark matter or dark energy or the multiverse are just guess work, without a shred of proof ?

"I believe in the multiverse."
"Prove it."
" I can't."
"Then I cannot accept your theory."
"But it comes from science."
"That's ok then."


"I believe in angels."
"Prove it."
" I can't."
"Then I cannot accept your theory."
"It comes from spirituality."
"It's a load of BS."

That's what the chattering classes will tell you.

The scientific method explains nothing, the scientific method is the process used by science to gather knowledge and it's that knowledge which is used to describes things.

In terms of science versus faith and belief, you have confused physical sciences with theoretical sciences and again have made a statement based on the wrong understanding of a theory and hypothesis.

Things like Multiverse or Brane are mathematical constructs, but there is no evidence they exist outside of mathematics and mathematics can be used to describe or model many things real or not. But they make testable predictions that have physical effects if those constructs are real, and experiments have been done to see if those predictions bear fruit and I'm sure they will continue to be tested, but they are not a theory just because the are proposed by theorists.

The substance of Dark Matter and Dark Energy is hypothesised but not it's existence, it's existence regardless of what it may be is supported by physical evidence, testing and observation. It's existence needs no belief, because it can be observed and detected no matter what label humanity gives it.

It's a key difference between these things and an angel or demon!