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    9 days ago

    There are multiple points in human history where science has overestimated itself.

    In Abrahamic religions, God is all knowing, not people. Eastern religions are more abstract, some have all knowing deities and some do not.

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        That’s certainly an oversimplification.

        Science has representatives that are susceptible to the flaws in human thinking that are also apparent in religion. The recent pandemic made that very clear.

        There is a scientific community that has good and bad players in it. Science doesn’t get to wash itself of human corruption just because it’s a process