QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 13 days agoaverage red state universitysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square103linkfedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squarefaultyproboscus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoThe scientific method answers “How?” questions. It lets us build models of reality - a map of the territory. “Why?” questions imply intent- requiring an intelligence making a decision. The scientific method does not and cannot answer those questions.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·12 days agoThat’s why it’s fun to ponder them
The scientific method answers “How?” questions. It lets us build models of reality - a map of the territory.
“Why?” questions imply intent- requiring an intelligence making a decision. The scientific method does not and cannot answer those questions.
That’s why it’s fun to ponder them