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To: Boogieman

So, science cannot be applied to biology, ie, evolution?
Chemistry, ie, origin of life? Geology, ie, age of the earth? I could go on, but you get the picture.


58 posted on 12/01/2017 9:16:40 AM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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To: sparklite2

“So, science cannot be applied to biology, ie, evolution?”

No, what I mean is that science cannot be applied to questions in the sphere of philosophy or religion. It simply is not equipped to deal with those matters.

Therein lies the distinction between science, which applies the methods of science within the proper sphere that science can address, and scientism, which is when people try to apply the methods of science to all spheres, including those that science cannot address.


68 posted on 12/01/2017 12:18:41 PM PST by Boogieman
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