I believe the scientific method is accurate, IF it is unbiased and includes ALL variables, but since this is not possible science is inherently flawed, and it is immoral to "believe" the results.
For example, scientific testing might show that it's best to cull people once they reach 70 to preserve resources and save the environment. However, this is clearly unethical.
A real situation is male circumcision, which continues almost fully based on flawed "science" and doesn't account for the moral and cognitive development effects of chopping off part of a baby's penis, let alone the thoughts he will have as a man about this. LET ALONE the babies that are disfigured and die (or the men who later kill themselves as a result).
I'm sorry, but science is bullshit, especially as it currently stands.
No, male circumcision continues based on religion. In the old testament it was a physical symbol of allegiance to YHWH. As Christians consider Jesus the son of YHWH many have adopted that custom. There is a thin veneer of science coating it, to say that it is good for hygiene, or something, but strip that away and people are doing it out of religious tradition. Most modern medical studies are hostile to circumcision
This is true, but what you’re saying is more the origin. The practise in most western countries has continued primarily because of scientific encouragement since Kellogg and others.
No I don't "believe in science"
I believe the scientific method is accurate, IF it is unbiased and includes ALL variables, but since this is not possible science is inherently flawed, and it is immoral to "believe" the results.
For example, scientific testing might show that it's best to cull people once they reach 70 to preserve resources and save the environment. However, this is clearly unethical.
A real situation is male circumcision, which continues almost fully based on flawed "science" and doesn't account for the moral and cognitive development effects of chopping off part of a baby's penis, let alone the thoughts he will have as a man about this. LET ALONE the babies that are disfigured and die (or the men who later kill themselves as a result).
I'm sorry, but science is bullshit, especially as it currently stands.
No, male circumcision continues based on religion. In the old testament it was a physical symbol of allegiance to YHWH. As Christians consider Jesus the son of YHWH many have adopted that custom. There is a thin veneer of science coating it, to say that it is good for hygiene, or something, but strip that away and people are doing it out of religious tradition. Most modern medical studies are hostile to circumcision
This is true, but what you’re saying is more the origin. The practise in most western countries has continued primarily because of scientific encouragement since Kellogg and others.