Why do we need science?

[Midnight FM]

Ancient humans lived for thousands of years without any conception of modern science, and seemed to get along well-enough? So why do modern humans need science, especially considering how miserable some of them are in spite of many technologies being made available to them? If they'd be happier without it, then they'd be better off without it.

 

[lennypartiv]

It's a very bad thing, liberals use science to bash religion.

 

[toobfreak]

Ancient humans lived for thousands of years without any conception of modern science, and seemed to get along well-enough? So why do modern humans need science,

Science is not a thing, it is an approach. It is an approach which relies on repeatable, testable observation not superstition, to explain the world around them.

That is why ancient humans are ancient--- without science, we could not have the world we live in today.

 

[Votto]

Ancient humans lived for thousands of years without any conception of modern science, and seemed to get along well-enough? So why do modern humans need science, especially considering how miserable some of them are in spite of many technologies being made available to them? If they'd be happier without it, then they'd be better off without it.

The story in the Garden of Eden is about man taking the forbidden fruit from a tree called "Knowledge".

Essentially, it is a parable about how taking knowledge apart from wisdom brings death.

So, the knowledge is not "bad" unless it is used without wisdom.

But wisdom is not valued by mankind in the least.

Currently, mankind is constructing AI to be the source of all knowledge. Essentially, man is trying to create his own god to follow that has no wisdom.

Yea, this should go well.

 

[ozro]

I, for one, would like to see the science behind the reasoning to eliminate science.