I’ve learned to question everything, including my science textbooks. I took more chemistry in college than any other science - and I question it. It may be true. It may not be.
Are atoms real? Do they have protons and neutrons? How do I know whether they are real? How theoretical are electron orbitals and shells?
Are viruses real? How would I know? Supposedly, they have yet to be isolated from a sick person. What does that mean?
I don’t know the answers. No matter what I’m relying on someone else for the answer. I can believe one way or the other, but there’s always a chance the opposite is true.
The only people who know the truth about the city-destroying nuclear bombs are those directly involved.
Electron orbitals make sense, and the theory translates to real-world observations in the way of chemical reactions, etc. But I can’t know what is truly going on. Again, not saying it isn’t true - but I can’t know in the truest sense.
Dinosaurs is more of a stretch (for application). Like I tell my friends and family, who think I’m crazy, I’m not saying they’re not real. I’m saying that if I showed you big old bones and got you to believe in big lizards, there’s lots of fun I could have with you. Dinosaurs are probably real - but I’ll never know - and I’m fine with that.
The more I learn, the less I know, and that’s okay.
Well you could put more effort into understanding the research around all of it. I don’t think it’s honorable to claim intellectual laziness in order to discount something. Others have done their due diligence on it, and so should you if you don’t know whether it’s true or not.
Yes, they are. Look into nuclear physics.
I’ve learned to question everything, including my science textbooks. I took more chemistry in college than any other science - and I question it. It may be true. It may not be.
Are atoms real? Do they have protons and neutrons? How do I know whether they are real? How theoretical are electron orbitals and shells?
Are viruses real? How would I know? Supposedly, they have yet to be isolated from a sick person. What does that mean?
I don’t know the answers. No matter what I’m relying on someone else for the answer. I can believe one way or the other, but there’s always a chance the opposite is true.
The only people who know the truth about the city-destroying nuclear bombs are those directly involved.
You can put all of those things you’re questioning to real use and application. It isn’t fake or made up.
Electron orbitals make sense, and the theory translates to real-world observations in the way of chemical reactions, etc. But I can’t know what is truly going on. Again, not saying it isn’t true - but I can’t know in the truest sense.
Dinosaurs is more of a stretch (for application). Like I tell my friends and family, who think I’m crazy, I’m not saying they’re not real. I’m saying that if I showed you big old bones and got you to believe in big lizards, there’s lots of fun I could have with you. Dinosaurs are probably real - but I’ll never know - and I’m fine with that.
The more I learn, the less I know, and that’s okay.
Well you could put more effort into understanding the research around all of it. I don’t think it’s honorable to claim intellectual laziness in order to discount something. Others have done their due diligence on it, and so should you if you don’t know whether it’s true or not.