Science

• Difference from religion: Whether to acknowledge the ”knowledge of ignorance”

  • Religion takes the stance that all the necessary knowledge for human prosperity is preserved in sacred scriptures
    • According to the stance of religion, there is no possibility of discovering something new
  • Science greedily seeks new knowledge (epistemicism)
    • This is closely related to imperialism

• The concept of progress emerged through the scientific revolution

• The value of scientific research topics cannot be determined by science itself

  • It is determined by ideology or religion, and research funding flows from the ideologies/religions that have power at that time

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