I am a great fan of science. There can be no debate that man’s ability to explore and progress is very real. At times, it is astounding just how much possibility there is for our humble race. I can’t help but wonder though, if we have become too enamoured with ourselves, and if we’ve perhaps gone too far ahead. In our drive to progress, I believe we have largely forgotten some important guiding principals, and the consequence is that other areas of human interest have been cannibalized, some almost entirely.

This series will outline some very real weak spots I see in our approach to and reverence toward the scientific method – the esteem we have for it as a way of knowing, or as far as many are concerned, the way of knowing. It is not absurd to hear folks in our present age dismiss ideas because they are unscientific ones, and my hope is that by the end of this series you will see this position as intellectually untenable as I do.

Take 2

I realized that I left some rather important clarifications out of my first post in this series, so I’m starting over again, and hopefully this time I’ll be more clear.

Before we get to my main arguments specifically regarding the scientific method, I think it’s important that I provide some context. Firstly, for what I believe to be true about existence, and secondly, what I believe to be true about the mind. From there, I’m hoping the footing of subsequent sections will have been shored up.