Can Science Alone Answer Questions About Life?
At some point during the 19th century, it was decided that truth came in only one shape: data, numbers and equations. While these things are true (2+2=4 is indeed true) this is not the ONLY way to talk about truth. Poetic truth, story truth and parabolic truth are often more profoundly true in terms of ramifications. Science may help one understand the methodology behind how the world works, but science does not inform one of ethics, morals and philosophical understandings of what exactly it is that is being observed or how to handle the knowledge one is acquiring. Additionally, one of the greatest misunderstandings of science is that science deals with fact alone. Since all data/fact must be interpreted, science is always a combination of both fact and opinion. While science can allow one to view the laws of nature, it gives little information about who or what is behind those laws. The only conclusion one draws from observation of nature alone is: everything dies. This was Darwin’s c
