re: #257 Teukka

I’ve seen the argument made that adherence to the scientific method is a belief… Yarly…

accepting the scientific method is not belief without proof. it is belief that - an assertion of generally accepted objective universal truth

belief in are assertions of faith. Faith is belief without proof. it is by definition subjective, and the standards of evidence - in any other but a personally acceptable sense of the word, do not apply

The only ‘assumption’ that science utilizes is that reality exists, is objective, and can be understood by human observers.

the only “faith” is that
- our senses are not systematically trying to deceive us
- the universe is, for the most part, comprehensible.

Everything that follows is based on reason and evidence.