| ND3G said: I am 100% an Atheist. There are questions that science has yet to answer but there is nothing that science cannot answer. I understand why religion exists both from a cognitive and a historical perspective but it really has no place in an enlightened society. Sadly, I doubt we will ever be able to rid ourselves of religion because no matter how far we progress the vast majority of people simply lack the skill set to make use of this information except that the most superficial levels. |
There actually are some things that science is fundamentally incapable of explaining. I can think of two examples off the top of my head. First, science cannot explain the rationality of the universe because science already assumes the universe is rational. Science assumes the future is like the past (principle of uniformity), and it also assumes Ockham's razor in many instances, so it cannot justify these principles.
Second, science is explained through mathematical formulas, but these laws are all contingent and rely on contingent variables. Mathemtical equations represent relationships between terms, but the constants within the equations are not explained by the equation itself. The equations can explain the relationship between constants, but it does not explain why the constants have that specific value. There will need to be something outside the actual equation to explain the constant. In this instance, you can see how even a Grand Unified Theory(GUT) that unifies all other scientifc laws will still have constants within it that are not explained by the theory itself.
