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[descartes_rock]

Very little should be taught as "fact" in school. Things should be taught as ideas based on hypotheses. Evidence supporting those hypotheses should be provided in stimulating ways, and students should be encouraged to think critically about the truth or non-truth of the hypothesis. Science is as wrong as creationism in its dogmatic insistence that

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[skittish_derby]

I think you are wrong. I don't think Science claims to know the answers, and it very well isn't dogmatic about nature. If something is deemed a theory, it has been studied and rigorously tested; science isn't willy nilly, and certainly isn't insistent on arguing from ignorance like religions does. Science isn't even a THING, it is a way of thinking, a series of logical methods to test and learn about the world around you, and you can't really make any kind of serious postulations without physical proof. case in point: a lot of the great mysteries in the universe are still mysteries and if you ask a scientist specific questions about it, they are probably more likely to say "we don't know.. yet" which is a very reassuring thing, or should be.

If you are speaking philosophically about the non-physical world, then I *do* agree with you, although for different reasons.. I don't really have time for non-physical things and maybe that just makes me boring. :)

[descartes_rock]

Science is a movement that was created to oppose the power of the Church, and then ironically became something like the Church in its dogmatism and insistence that it is the sole source of truth. Anything that becomes cult-like is dangerous. That said, I do agree that science is very useful when kept in perspective. There are lots of cases historically where scientists were sure about something, told the public to be sure about it, and then changed their minds a few years later. Ooops.

Science also has its articles of faith, some of which it calls "laws". It's not that different really when you think about it. I mean look at empiricism. The article of faith there is that if you get the same result several times in a row, you can assume you willl get the same result for ever and ever. Mathematically, this is highly improbable.