There are problems to whose solution I would attach infinitely greater importance than to those of mathematics, for example touching ethics, or our relation to God, or concerning our destiny and our future; but their solution lies wholly beyond us and completely outside the province of science. -- Gauss
Sounds a lot like Lord Kelvin saying that biology’s vital force was infinitely beyond the reach of science, and equally wrong in the light of history. Flag: Getting a kick out of not knowing something; motivated uncertainty.
“Science” changed, and will continue to change to incorporate things once not considered possible.
For a while, transmutation of one element into another was impossible (Aristotle), then it was theoretically possible but never accomplished (classical alchemy), then it was shown to be impossible (Lavoisier), then it was observed.
Likewise it has become possible to observe, then predict, and now explain astronomical events. “What is the Sun made of?” is a scientific question now. Likewise “what is our destiny?” may be a scientific question in the future.
Sounds a lot like Lord Kelvin saying that biology’s vital force was infinitely beyond the reach of science, and equally wrong in the light of history. Flag: Getting a kick out of not knowing something; motivated uncertainty.
“Science” changed, and will continue to change to incorporate things once not considered possible.
For a while, transmutation of one element into another was impossible (Aristotle), then it was theoretically possible but never accomplished (classical alchemy), then it was shown to be impossible (Lavoisier), then it was observed.
Likewise it has become possible to observe, then predict, and now explain astronomical events. “What is the Sun made of?” is a scientific question now. Likewise “what is our destiny?” may be a scientific question in the future.