The Order of Rank (Humans)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Friday, April 27, 2012, 13:03 (4592 days ago) @ xeno6696


> Really? 
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> Why does lightning happen? 
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> Either your claim that science doesn't answer "why" questions is false, or the question "Why?" is faulty in the first place!
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> Other "why" questions science answers:
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> Why is the sky blue?
>-No, science answers HOW light is Again, it only explains how light is absorbed/reflected/refracted.
 
> Why are plants green?
> -Again, it only explains how light is absorbed/reflected/refracted.-> Why does helium only have one electron?
> -> Why do I bleed when I'm cut?
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> Why do I fly into my seatbelt when I slam on the brakes? 
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> Why does an anchor sink?
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> Why do I see double when I cross my eyes? 
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> Why do I run out of breath when I climb stairs?
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> Why does my computer feel hot when I turn it off?
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> Why do stars twinkle?
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> Why do I walk into a room, and then forget what I was doing?
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> Why does my dog pant?
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> Why does oil float on water?
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> Why is Pepto Bismol pink?
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> Does Tony want me to keep asking why questions? 
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> Why?-All of these are really how questions, not why, but perhaps that is just the way that I look at the question why. Though, I guess we could extend my original statement to say Science can only answer material causes for material events, which to my mind is still HOW in the terms of HOW one process begets another or HOW one set of properties interact with another, since you are being pedantic.-> 
> > That is where I get pissy with both science, religion, and even philosophy at times. They try to say that they are experts in each others fields and that they can prove/disprove/falsify each other. Science can NEVER tell us if "God did it" they can only tell us WHAT happened and HOW. Origins are beyond the scope of the scientific realm, and scientist should leave them alone(at least professionally)
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> I disagree with you here. Even if life is caused by a creator, at some point, inanimate matter becomes animate: It is precisely at such a juncture that science can shed answers. David disagrees with me on this, but even if there is a supernatural cause, there is a corresponding material explanation. God *must* coexist with science. (That part he WILL agree with.)-I disagree with both statements here. Because you are assigning a materialist idea to consciousness which has so far proven itself beyond the keen of scientific examination.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.