Challenge Thread: Have you ever been wrong about science before?

[VirOptimus]

Either way, they can take a hike.

Why are you telling the bible to take a hike?

Also, I edited in a question.

 

[AV1611VET]

Also, I edited in a question.

Yes, you like to stalk me with that line of questioning; and, believe me, you wouldn't understand the answer, if I gave it.

But I'll give you something, just so you can have some deep theology to scratch your head on.

1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Warning: Watch your reply, or I'll say, "Thanks for the QED."

 

[VirOptimus]

Yes, you like to stalk me with that line of questioning; and, believe me, you wouldn't understand the answer, if I gave it.

But I'll give you something, just so you can have some deep theology to scratch your head on.

1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

I never read bible quotes.

And I note that you cant answer, just as I suspected.

 

[AV1611VET]

I never read bible quotes.

And I note that you cant answer, just as I suspected.

Thanks for the QED.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Have you ever been wrong about science before?

You don't need to elaborate.

Credit goes to Warden for this poll.

I'm not sure quite what is meant by being 'wrong about science'. As far as I recall, I've understood what science is since first being introduced to it. I have at one time or another misunderstood or misrepresented a scientific concept or theory. Making mistakes is part of learning.

 

[Yttrium]

More things I got wrong:

There's a global cooling coming... um... no, I guess it's just the opposite.

Cities are going to be massively overpopulated and running out of food, just like Soylent Green, right about... now. Well, maybe not.

 

[dlamberth]

Have you ever been wrong about science before?

You don't need to elaborate.

Credit goes to Warden for this poll.

Yes.

 

[Strathos]

There's another way to go wrong with science too: by using it to produce products that God disapproves of.

Such as tobacco, LSD, alcohol, and the like.

What about CFCs and fossil fuels?

 

[Shemjaza]

I used to believe that the seasons were created by how close the Sun was at that time of year... which is particularly silly for someone living in the Southern Hemisphere.

 

[Bungle_Bear]

There's another way to go wrong with science too: by using it to produce products that God disapproves of.

Such as tobacco, LSD, alcohol, and the like.

You do know that nicotine (tobacco), cannabinoids, opiates etc are natural plant products, right? Also, pretty much all rotting fruit produce alcohol - chimpanzees and elephants are known to enjoy consuming such natural prizes.

Queue "that's Satan messing with nature" assertion....

 

[VirOptimus]

You do know that nicotine (tobacco), cannabinoids, opiates etc are natural plant products, right? Also, pretty much all rotting fruit produce alcohol - chimpanzees and elephants are known to enjoy consuming such natural prizes.

Queue "that's Satan messing with nature" assertion....

Nonono, god has told him in some mysterious way that he cant explain that the things he disproves of does god also not like. What a coincidence!

 

[Science Prof]

I am a trained scientist. If by "wrong" you mean "my hypothesis was incorrect," then yes. I've spent the last 33 years refining my hypotheses - tweaking some, flat out rejecting others - based on new information. That's how science works.

 

[Larniavc]

Have you ever been wrong about science before?

You don't need to elaborate.

Credit goes to Warden for this poll.

I didn’t really believe that anthropogenic climate change was real in the early 90s. I doubted the science.

 

[Larniavc]

I voted yes on this poll.

Me too.

 

[Larniavc]

LSD

LSD has been making a come back as a treatment for PTSD. Alleviation of suffering is a good thing, I’m sure we can all agree.

 

[Larniavc]

LSD

LSD has been making a come back as a treatment for PTSD. Alleviation of suffering is a good thing, I’m sure we can all agree.

 

[Larniavc]

I'm not sure quite what is meant by being 'wrong about science'.

I think the idea is ‘I believed in sciency thing(meaning- not the Bible) and it turned out wrong’.

Cue thalidomide reference.

 

[AV1611VET]

LSD has been making a come back as a treatment for PTSD. Alleviation of suffering is a good thing, I’m sure we can all agree.

Yup.

 

[AV1611VET]

I think the idea is ‘I believed in sciency thing (meaning- not the Bible) and it turned out wrong’.

That is correct.

A good example is Tha...

Cue thalidomide reference.

... nevermind.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

I think the idea is ‘I believed in sciency thing(meaning- not the Bible) and it turned out wrong’.

Cue thalidomide reference.

Oh, IC. Anyone who's been in these science-oriented forums as long as AV should have learned by now that science isn't about belief, it's about provisional acceptance, as in "I accept this theory as probably the best explanation we currently have". This indirect approach makes it easier to accept change by reducing explicit attachment to particular theories. As the Buddha said, "Attachment is the root of suffering"