Science is not true

"The good thing about Science is that's true, whether or not you believe in it." —Neil deGrasse Tyson.

"Science is not true" is a short essay by Karl Jones is a short essay by Karl Jones.

Science is not true

Context: “The good thing about Science is that it’s true, whether or not you believe in it.”

Science is not *right*. Science is not *true*. Science is not *found in nature*.

Neil means well, but he is pitching from the heart, not from the head. His argument disappoints me.

Science is a philosophy, a sociology, an *agreement to agree*.

Do not say science is true. Religion and logic are true. But not science.

Say rather that science is prepared to be wrong.

Science is the science of knowing when and how and why you are wrong.

Commentary

Context: "what definition of true are you using?"

The definition of true where Science always doubts itself.

Compare "religion" and "logic", both of which I characterize as "true".

Religion, the religion of belief, cannot be disproved; therefore it is always true.

Logic is always true because truth is the nature of logic.

But science? Science must *not* think itself true, or it contradicts its nature.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

External links

• Comment @ Facebook (12 April 2021)