How Widely Is Science Abused to Propagate Ideology?

harvey1 · Post by **harvey1** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:30 am

It seems to me that science is frequently abused by those who should know better in propagating their ideology. My view is that this abuse is more likely to be done by those who are the "free thinkers" among us who often use science to propagate their materialist ideology. I'm curious how others view the abuse of science with respect to ideology, and whether there are any materialists who agree that some materialists in writing to the public are exercising this abuse. How widely is this problem, especially among those who supposedly give their allegiance to scientific thinking?

Bugmaster · Post by **Bugmaster** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:36 am

harvey1 wrote:I know, so in actuality how can you believe there are laws since there is nothing that forces matter to act a particular way? Wouldn't it just behave whatever way it behaves for no lawful reason?

Actually, I don't believe in absolute laws that all matter must follow. When I say "law", I mean something like the law of gravity, or Newton's laws: "to the best of our knowledge, matter behaves in this way under these circumstances, but we could be wrong". I don't think there's any intentional reason for F=ma; it's just a description of the world.

harvey1 · Post by **harvey1** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:05 am

Bugmaster wrote:Actually, I don't believe in absolute laws that all matter must follow. When I say "law", I mean something like the law of gravity, or Newton's laws: "to the best of our knowledge, matter behaves in this way under these circumstances, but we could be wrong". I don't think there's any intentional reason for F=ma; it's just a description of the world.

So the world is basically irrational is what you are saying. I suppose it's just a coincidence that Feynman's path integral equation for QED shows how F=ma is arrived at.