Science Dogma
And its preschool level of understanding of many subjects.
Dogma is defined as principles or rules laid down by an authority as ‘unarguably’ true. It can be religious dogma, but it doesn’t have to be. There is educational dogma, corporate dogma, and scientific dogma.
One problem with dogmatic thinking is that it ignores possibilities that violate the rules of the authority.
Science dogma rests on its ‘truth statements’ about the Universe and its claims about reality. For example, science dogma currently contends that the physical laws that govern our ‘Earth reality’ are valid throughout the Universe, although this has not yet been proven.
Most of today’s scientists spread the doctrine that life comes from matter. This assumption can neither be confirmed theoretically nor experimentally and is mainly based on misguided belief.
Science dogma also insists that everything in existence can be reduced to chemistry, physics, and mathematics — and again, this has not yet been proven.
All too often, science — with its magic wand — tries to turn everything into absolute truth. The dogma of science attempts to control, manipulate, and exploit this 3D reality backed by its scientific discoveries and theories.
Yet, with the evolution of scientific opinions and new evidence, the public is subject to the constant changing of what science says is “set in stone.” And, as it turns out, science is frequently wrong on the way to being right.
And then, of course, we have the science icons (past and present) who think they are ‘know-it-alls.’ Author Arthur C. Clarke believed that if an eminent and distinguished scientist says something is possible, he could be right. But if he says it is impossible, then there’s a good chance he is wrong.
This is part two of my series regarding Science Dogma. Click here to read part one.
For this article, let’s address how…..
Mainstream science is still in preschool regarding many subjects.
Throughout history, many people have tried to help pave the way to the future. But discoveries of new truths about our 3D reality and the ‘All of Existence’ are often ignored and/or suppressed by egos, evasion of responsibility, selfish vested interests, politics, greed, and religious objections.
This is especially true for ideas that cannot be examined and verified using the conventional ‘Scientific Method,’ so they are automatically scorned, ridiculed, and swept under the carpet.
Mainstream science is ever diligent in setting its ‘swing and a miss’ detector to go off when any ‘unorthodox’ science or technology presents itself that is not already understood or does not fit accepted scientific norms.
Many discoveries get stamped ‘forbidden’ by mainstream science because their acceptance as truth would utterly transform science and religious dogma. So, mainstream science diligently keeps these various ‘genies of possibility’ corked up in bottles of ignorance and intimidation sealed by “credentialed” ridicule and disdain.
The accepted science
Consider the science we learned in school and what most people believe. Scratch beneath the surface, and we discover that mainstream science often fails when explaining the true nature of reality and the cosmos. Yet despite that failure, it is the science that is “sold” to us as dogma.
Compounding this issue is the principle of ‘parsimony’ in science — an extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources. This principle is often applied to any research that might upset the applecart of science dogma.
Real science should narrow the gap between our questions and the capabilities of our tools and know-how to answer them. A scientist’s job should be — in part — to have ‘intellectual humility’ or at least be open to the idea that science is still in preschool when it comes to many unsolved mysteries.
On any given scientific subject, it comes down to this: How do we know when we entirely and correctly know something — such as the origin of our Universe?
Scientific knowledge is a gift we can give the future as we finally progress beyond preschool in our understanding of the ‘ALL of Existence.’ It will be worth getting it right.
Here are seven of the countless mysteries science has yet to solve adequately.
1) When, why, and how did the Universe begin?
There are billions of galaxies in our Universe — and science says that those galaxies are moving farther and farther away from one another. And science remains dogmatic in explaining that the Universe had a beginning.
Science reasons that if galaxies are moving away from one another now, it means they were closer together at some point in the past. This has led scientists to develop the preschool idea of the ‘Big Bang.’ It’s a theory that leaves a huge ‘black hole’ about when, why, and how the Universe began. Click here for my article on this subject.
2) What is the Universe made of?
The vast Universe, with all its galaxies and stars, barely begins to account for all the ‘stuff’ that’s out there. Most of the energy in the Universe is untouchable, unseeable, and still unexplainable.
Only about 5% of the ‘mass-energy’ of the Universe is atoms — the kind of stuff you, me, the stars, and galaxies are made of. Quite literally, at least 95% of “reality” is simply invisible to us. This means the entire discipline of astronomy — including Einstein’s vaunted theories — is based on an awareness of less than 5% of creation. We perceive so little and yet think that is all there is. Click here for my article on this subject.
3) What is the definition of “life”?
We know life when we see it. A majestic lion is clearly alive, as are microscopic creatures like phytoplankton. But do we know what life is fundamentally? No, we do not.
No one has been able to define life. Some people will tell you it’s not possible. It’s not for a lack of trying. There are scores of definitions for ‘life’ published in scientific journals.
The problem is that science is still in preschool regarding this very mysterious subject. For example, is life only carbon-based? Could it also be silicon-based? For every definition of life, there’s often a creature or perplexing life-like entity that sends science back to the preschool chalkboard. Click here for my article on this subject.
4) How did life start on Earth?
Scientists have been attempting for decades to recreate the conditions of early Earth in labs. They believe that if they can mimic those conditions, they will eventually be able to create something like the first simple cells that supposedly formed on Earth billions of years ago. From there, they could assemble a story about how life began on Earth.
However, there is another possibility that science is resistant to accepting or exploring: What if life was delivered to Earth in the distant past by some extraterrestrial intelligence for unknown reasons? This question would be especially relevant regarding the curious evolution of humans. Click here for my article on this subject.
5) Was there an advanced civilization on Earth before humans?
Some scientists have long pondered: Is there intelligent life somewhere out there in the far reaches of space? Other scientists who think outside the box have a different question: Was there intelligent life in Earth’s prehistory? Is there evidence of an advanced non-human civilization that flourished here thousands or millions of years ago?
This is not a mystery limited to our solar system — it is cosmic in scope. At the heart of the matter: What is the possibility that an advanced intelligent life form from any planet — nearby or from the farthest reach of space — left evidence on Earth (that we would comprehend) that they were here? Click here for my articles on this subject.
6) What is consciousness — and where does it reside?
Panpsychism is an old theory saying that everything has a mind or mindlike quality. Is this a clue to understanding our Universe or just spiritual mumbo-jumbo?
Science dogma would have you believe that latter. But panpsychists insist the world is fully awake and conscious. You are conscious, rocks are conscious, the sun is conscious, the Universe is conscious — all of existence is conscious.
The inability of empirical sciences to solve the complicated problem of consciousness — how the brain (made of matter) gives rise to the experiences of consciousness — has rekindled interest in panpsychism. So have developments in neuroscience, psychology, and quantum physics. Click here for my article on consciousness.
7) How should we define death?
Death used to be pretty straightforward. Someone stopped breathing, their heart stopped beating — they were dead. End of subject. But new research and technologies have forced us to ask: When is someone actually dead? And is there life beyond death?
Death is a subject where science dogma is especially rigid — partly because it hits up against spirituality and religion and partly because science is still in preschool on this subject. Click here for my many articles regarding death and the afterlife.
