Saturday, July 25, 2009

Science vs. Religion, via metaphor

I recently came across this post on another blog, and I think it serves as a great example as to the difference between science and religion. Feel free to share your own examples or argue with this model:

Thoughts from a Godless Heathen: Why Science Will Always Beat Religion (an extended metaphor)

Although it is not perfect, it gets the point across easily enough. Refusing to accept something as true in the face of substantial, demonstrable, measurable, tangible evidence (religion) is plain stupid, and can often lead to harm. Using real data from the real world around us (science), however, leads to progress, which will lead to improvement and betterment of the world and the people in it.