The biggest difference between good science and religion

The difference between good science and any religion. Good science is proudly self-critical. The Edge 2014 annual question, answered by almost 200 writers, is this: “Ideas change, and the times we live in change. Perhaps the biggest change today is the rate of change. What established scientific idea is ready to be moved aside so that science can advance?”

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Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.

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    grumpypilgrim February 21, 2015 Reply

    I have always thought the biggest difference between good science and religion is that science is based on evidence and religion is not. Paradoxically, I have heard some promoters of religion claim that this difference makes religious beliefs superior to science. Or, at least, their particular religious beliefs.

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