Did you know that Friday is Friday the 13th?
What is the difference
between scientific observations of the natural world and superstitions such as
those associated with Friday the thirteenth and black cats?
Superstitions are "up in the air". No one can really justify them, but many people believe in them. Scientific method is running repeated experiments to see if you can get repeatable outcomes and they are actually substantial; they are backed up by evidence and can mostly be proven acceptable. Superstitions are beliefs while most scientific observations are based on and can be backed up by facts.
Superstitions do however often seem to come from "evidence." The real question is if this evidence is reliable or valid. For example, the Lock Ness monster has been often photographed and supported with proof. However, in all cases this proof has been proved wrong ultimately, even though many still believe it. I would agree that it isn't just having evidence, it's having repeatable data that is scientific and not purely based on observation.
Superstiions are generally things that are not true that people just believe in. They usually come about due to coincidence of events. Scientific observations are backed by data from experiments or theories/laws proven by previous experiments.
Superstitions are "up in the air". No one can really justify them, but many people believe in them. Scientific method is running repeated experiments to see if you can get repeatable outcomes and they are actually substantial; they are backed up by evidence and can mostly be proven acceptable. Superstitions are beliefs while most scientific observations are based on and can be backed up by facts.
ReplyDeleteSuperstitions do however often seem to come from "evidence." The real question is if this evidence is reliable or valid. For example, the Lock Ness monster has been often photographed and supported with proof. However, in all cases this proof has been proved wrong ultimately, even though many still believe it. I would agree that it isn't just having evidence, it's having repeatable data that is scientific and not purely based on observation.
ReplyDeleteSuperstiions are generally things that are not true that people just believe in. They usually come about due to coincidence of events. Scientific observations are backed by data from experiments or theories/laws proven by previous experiments.
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