500 Years of Science, Reason & Critical Thinking via the medium of gross over simplification, dodgy demarcation, glaring omission and a very tiny font.The map of modern science was created to celebrate the achievements of the scientific method through the age of reason, the enlightenment and modernity. It therefore builds upon, but fails list, the origins of many scientific disciplines such as maths and astronomy that have their origins in the ancient world.
... the origins of many scientific disciplines such as maths and astronomy ...
Math and astronomy are NOT sciences. Question: What is a science? Choose any area of investigation; you have independent and dependent variables. The investigator controls the levels of the independent variables. He then measures the responses of the system, i.e. the dependent variables. This is the essence of "controlled experiments". In math and astronomy you CANNOT conduct controlled experiments, therefore, they are NOT sciences.
And don't forget to randomize you sorry bastards. In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
And I shall then pin a card to your chest saying:
Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is, in its broadest sense, any systematic knowledge that is capable of resulting in a correct prediction or reliable outcome. In this sense, science may refer to a highly skilled technique, technology, or practice.
... science may refer to a highly skilled technique, technology, or practice.
So I'm doing science when I'm watching cyberporn and playing with my pud ... "a highly skilled technique"? In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.
Well that explains everything, at least, all my jacking off. I knew I wasn't just enjoying myself, that there was "a higher purpose". In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
