sridhar3
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Is it so hard to believe that there are things that exist that we can't measure?
Schizophrenics have auditory hallucinations, but nobody can prove that they're hearing things. So I guess they're not hearing anything at all, since it's not measurable? We didn't even have fMRI until the '90s, and that's a measure of brain activity, which may correlate with what a schizophrenic is hearing. But correlation doesn't necessarily imply causation.
What about pain? We can't measure pain objectively, but we don't tell people that they're not in pain when they say they are. It's unethical and unprofessional for a doctor to refuse to treat a patient's pain. People who present with drug-seeking behavior, claiming they have pain, must still be initially treated for pain.
What about Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle? It's a published principle saying that if we know the momentum, we don't know the position, and vice versa.
It's theorized that something called the Higgs boson exists, but we don't have enough evidence to prove it does.
There are limitations to science. Let's not kid ourselves into thinking it's infallible. The second you stop questioning science to at least the same degree to which you question subjectivism is when your science becomes a religion.
Schizophrenics have auditory hallucinations, but nobody can prove that they're hearing things. So I guess they're not hearing anything at all, since it's not measurable? We didn't even have fMRI until the '90s, and that's a measure of brain activity, which may correlate with what a schizophrenic is hearing. But correlation doesn't necessarily imply causation.
What about pain? We can't measure pain objectively, but we don't tell people that they're not in pain when they say they are. It's unethical and unprofessional for a doctor to refuse to treat a patient's pain. People who present with drug-seeking behavior, claiming they have pain, must still be initially treated for pain.
What about Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle? It's a published principle saying that if we know the momentum, we don't know the position, and vice versa.
It's theorized that something called the Higgs boson exists, but we don't have enough evidence to prove it does.
There are limitations to science. Let's not kid ourselves into thinking it's infallible. The second you stop questioning science to at least the same degree to which you question subjectivism is when your science becomes a religion.