myLot philosophy 101 : belief and science

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I have noticed that many people are approaching science like if it was religion, and are considering scientific theories like dogmas that cannot be questioned. If it was the case we would still live in caves and we would have not yet discovered the wheel. Belief tries to respond to the question «Why ?»: Why myLot exists ? Why myLot is so wonderful ? Eventually beliefs may try to respond to metaphysical questions : Why can I login only to my account and not to another ? Is there a life out of myLot ? The responses to these questions are collected in writings that cannot be questioned : FAQ, guidelines... Science does not care about «why ?» but about «how does this works ?» To understand how it works science uses tests and these tests need to be reproducible : if an alien scientist joins myLot and clicks on «respond» 100 times, a response box will open 100 times, so this alien may perhaps enunciate the theory that a response box opens on myLot when one clicks on «Respond». «Perhaps» because a scientist always doubts, and it has been verified only 100 times, not an endless number of times. A theory is not something written in the marble, it is considered true as long as the results are matching with what the theory tells. If, one time only, one gets a different result, the theory is abandoned and another one is enunciated to include this different result. A scientist can never tell «this is true because it is scientifically proven», or «this is BS because it is not scientifically proven». The truth in science is always temporary, there are no dogmas. I hope you understood why one should not confuse belief and science. (Written while having my afternoon tea)