• U7826391786239@lemmy.zip
      39·
      17 天前

      those are “soft science” and science doesn’t give a fuck what they think either. see neil degrasse tyson’s dismissal of philosophy as “useless”

      if it can’t be quantified or described by some math formula, then it isn’t “science”

      • essell@lemmy.world
        1·
        16 天前

        I’m really glad people decided thousands of years ago that this wasn’t true and we continue their tradition to this day of knowing its not true! 🤣

        • U7826391786239@lemmy.zip
          11·
          16 天前

          there are many unsolved math problems; that doesn’t mean a solution doesn’t exist

          however you can’t objectively quantify a thing that is by definition a subjective experience, i.e. consciousness. can the endocrine system feasibly eventually be described by maths alone? i tend to believe so. not so much with predicting someone’s favorite flavor of ice cream, or favorite music, or favorite hobby, or anything else involving feelings and emotions

  • blueworld@piefed.worldEnglish
    3·
    16 天前

    The comments about this cup are funny in how pedantic they, given the point of the cup to me is the spirit of it. It is not surprising to see the science positive crowd be so analytic about it though, and actually slightly reassuring.

  • Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
    3·
    16 天前

    Bruh my grandma gave me this mug like 10 years ago. The same one that believes high schools were installing litter boxes for students.

  • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
    215·
    16 天前

    Eugh.

    I mean, it’s not wrong, but this has the energy of a Facebook meme for people who make atheism their entire personality.

    If I saw someone with this mug I would probably avoid them.

    • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
      104·
      16 天前

      Yeah stuff like this is cringe.

      Science isn’t a culture or a belief system, nor is it a substitute for those things. Science isn’t an aesthetic or a political or group ideology.

      • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
        21·
        16 天前

        A lot of religions don’t even make scientific claims.