One hundred years ago, Chen Duxiu mentioned in an article in “New Youth” magazine, mentioning Mr. Saines, referred to as Mr. Saisa.In fact, he refers to science.
In the present of science, science is no longer a concept that needs to be introduced by the name of the mouth, but a high -frequency word that is ubiquitous in our daily life.Scientific fitness, scientific weight loss, scientific meeting, scientific prevention of epidemic, and even scientific jumping square dance and qigong, as long as it is scientific, everyone will think it is right and reliable.
Science has become a belief.We often use science to observe and study the world, but when we closer to observation and research science itself, some truth about science may subvert your daily cognition.
01 Science does not mean truth
Now people advocate science and worship Mr. Sai, we often can’t help adding a variety of aura to this gentleman.Of course, our current beautiful life is to a large extent to worship the gentleman, so it is taken for granted by everyone’s worship.
But what exactly is science?With science, can we really dare to call Sun and Moon for new heavens?Some optimistic people may think so in their hearts.
Science is just a way we know the world and explain the world, and then use this to transform the world.Note that it is just a way.
Scientific research methods generally follow this step:
QuestionBe careful to verifyFor complex issues, try to decompose it into multiple simple small problems to study, and solve them one by oneWhen we start from the problem, after getting the results through the experiment, we need to explain the results reasonably and rose from the general results to the conclusion. FinallyIn other words, science was said by Hu Shi: “Bold assumption, be careful to verify“There are two points here.
First, the assumptions that need to be verified, so science has its category.”God exists”. This assumption cannot be verified and does not belong to scientific issues.So when we say “to believe in science and break the superstition”, we depend on whether this superstition can be verified.
Therefore, if a god stick comes out of a bowl of holy water from the church, it is said that we can cure the disease, we can use scientific common sense to refute.If he says “God is with you”, science will not be able to come in handy.In addition, the other party can also use scientific examples to prove the greatness of God, because the entire exquisite universe is created by His old people, including science itself.And you can only say that your old man’s statement is not a scientific issue.
Second, the process of scientific verification must be strict, logical, and observed.
So someone said: “Science never claims the truth. Science is the most reliable sheep intestine path that human beings approach the truth.What we are scientifically speaking repeatedly is that we have to doubt that we must deny those who can be proved.Science is a little bit of progress, but every progress is a solid and trustworthy progress.”
Therefore, Mr. Hu Shi also said, “What are the endless truths, and there are further joy.”only,Science cannot give us truth, just step by step to let us get close to the truthEssence
02 Science is not a reflection of human brain capacity, the fact is exactly the opposite
The reason why Mr. Sai is called science is meaningful.Therefore, science has been divided into many disciplines: basic disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology; sociology such as sociology, psychology, and economics.The current discipline settings are more and more detailed.
In Newton’s era, there is no such discipline distinction, so the title he wrote is “Mathematics of Natural Philosophy”.Because at the time, many disciplines we divided now belong to the category of natural philosophy.Therefore, in addition to studying physics and mathematics, Newton was also obsessed with alchemy, which cannot be regarded as a transfer.
Later, the main reason for the science studies was because of the big outbreak of knowledge.In Aristotle more than 2000 years ago, a person can master all the physics knowledge in the world at the time.And now, a professor of physics is a great thing to integrate the knowledge in your own physics branch.
In the book “Introduction to Systematic Thinking”, the representative of the American Computer Hall of Fame, Jerald Winberg, mentioned: “We cannot fan our arms to fly, and our intelligence has a upper limit.”It is the best proof of human brain ability. “so,Science is not a manifestation of the superior human brain ability, and the fact is exactly the opposite.
We often say that “God’s Perspective” refers to a “super observer” with unlimited observation ability.And each of us’s observation ability is limited, thinking and brainpower are also limited.Therefore, the scientific division of science is a group cooperation. Different people observe and think from different angles to study our same world.
This is a bit similar to the story of the blindness of a blind man. Our world truth is an elephant, and we are all blind.Those who touched their ears thought that the world was a fan, and the people who felt the belly thought that the world was a wall, and people who touched their legs thought that the world was a pillar. People who touched their tails thought that the world was a rope.We can’t say that these answers are wrong.
Different discipline studies are to touch the different positions of elephants.Even in some cases, different people will get different answers.
Physicists are a kind of wave or a particle, arguing for many years, and finally put forward the saying of “the two phenomena of light waves”, that is, recognizing that light is both a wave and a particle.Probably physicists realized that they were just blind people. Their answers were right, but they might be different.
The metaphor of blind people’s touch is the same for science, and for our daily life, it is actually the same.
03 Science benefits from inaccurate measurement
Because our observation ability is limited, we must derive various disciplines. Does that mean that the stronger our observation ability, the better?Experience and intuition tell us, obviously.
It was precisely because Galileo invented the first astronomical telescope in human history that he observed the shadow of the highlands of the moon and the shadow of the ring mountain, and then found the Sun Kuroko. In addition, the four largest satellites of Jupiter found.Human understanding of astronomy began to enter the new era.
In the era of Galileo, due to the lack of precise clocks, the development of early physics was greatly hindered.Therefore, when Galileo dropped two iron balls at the same time on the Pizza Tower at the same time, he could only witness the two different weight iron balls at the same time through the audience.
However, in some cases, inaccurate measurements have helped scientists to discover simple laws.The law of gravitational gravity in Newton is based on the theory of Ellipulia of Cairpler, and Capeler calculates the ellipse orbit based on the observation results of Timi Brah.If the observation results are more accurate (as we can do now), then the track cannot be seen as ellipse, and Newton’s work will encounter great trouble.
“Excessive” precise measurement often causes trouble to biologists.For the classification of species, in the past, after the appearance, and after the mating of the male and female, whether it can produce offspring that can continue to reproduce to judge.As we understand the creatures on the earth more and more, as the genetic testing technology continues to develop, we find that the boundary between the species and species that originally specified is getting more and more blurred.
Of course, the more accurate measurement is at present, the more good it is for us.It is as if the blind people’s understanding of elephants will be more comprehensive and deeper.But what extent is accurate?Will the accuracy be limited?When will we have the ultimate “elephant holographic chart”?
Conclusion
Religion is a belief, science is a belief.The religious belief can make us not confused about this world, and the scientific belief can make me see the world more clearly.
There are three main characteristics of religion: 1. Blind follow; 2. Moral superiority; 3. Likes the conclusions given by the dogma and authoritative people in books.In this way, many people’s views on science today are in line with the characteristics of religion.
so,It is important to distinguish faith and belief.We must believe in science and break the superstition of science.
Reference information
“Light of Civilization”, Wu Jun“Introduction to Systematic Thinking”, Jerard WinbergBaidu Encyclopedia: Galileo telescope
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