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Hi, I just found this newsgroup, and started reading them. Especially I was
following the thread 'Science vs. Religion' article.
Frankly I'm quite surprised that there exist people who believe the
realistic view of science, which I thought were dead long long time ago. As
far as my knowledge goes, there were two extreme ideas about sciences;
realistic view related with positivism and pure instrumentalistic view. All
are effectively rejected, and the credible understanding now is 'critical
realistic' view.
However, one should never fail to discern theories from real hard facts.
What really exist are hard facts, not the theories. Theories are nothing
more than models to understand the facts, or as some say metaphors.
What really exists is for example the phenomenon we describe as gravity,
like we stick to the earth, apples are falling from trees, etc. Newton's
gravitation is NOT the nature itself, nor the fact. It's a theory. So it
could be replaced, and it was. In the same way, general relativity has
come, but still is a theory, not the Nature itself. However beautiful it
is, it may be replaced, and we don't feel sorry about that. But the fact
are still there as they were a few centuries ago.
Science should be very cautious about this aspect lest it should draw very
hasty conclusions.