What do you think of the statement, "Science is all-knowing and all-powerful"?
Sounds like a massive strawman to me. I may be wrong, though, and someone actually has said it.
I dont think science is all knowing like God is. I think it only knows fact but not really the spirit of things. I think science is powerful though, but not all powerful.What do you think of the statement, "Science is all-knowing and all-powerful"?
What do you think of the statement, "Science is all-knowing and all-powerful"?
What do you think of the statement, "Science is all-knowing and all-powerful"?
Sounds like a massive strawman to me. I may be wrong, though, and someone actually has said it.
I've never heard anyone say it either. I've only heard people use it as a strawman to defend nonsense (astrology, homeopathy, anti-vaccine conspiracy theories) and ignore the scientific evidence that they're wrong. Dara O'Briain gave a good response to that once: "Homeopaths get on my nerves with the old, 'Well, science doesn't know everything.' Science knows it doesn't know everything; otherwise, it'd stop. But that doesn't mean you can fill in the gaps with whatever fairy tale most appeals to you."Sounds like a massive strawman to me. I may be wrong, though, and someone actually has said it.
What do you think of the statement, "Science is all-knowing and all-powerful"?
How about rewording the statement: "Science is the only way of knowing the truths that give us power over nature and improve our condition"? I might agree with that maybe.What do you think of the statement, "Science is all-knowing and all-powerful"?
How about rewording the statement: "Science is the only way of knowing the truths that give us power over nature and improve our condition"? I might agree with that maybe.
What do you think of the statement, "Science is all-knowing and all-powerful"?
So it was indeed a strawman, and you had to immediately shift the goalposts? Ok.Then I'll offer a special question just for you. Is there something else you consider all-powerful or all-knowing? Or, what might you think is the most powerful or contain the most knowledge?
Feel free to provide a collection of quotes.I've actually heard atheists posit something like the OP states.