In other words, scientific development does not necessarily conform to the scientific spirit, but in practice, scientific development often subverts the scientific spirit.
First, scientific development cannot solve all problems.
Second, there are exaggerations and misunderstandings in scientific development.
Third, there is an inverse relationship between scientific development and human happiness.
Fourth, the rapid development of science is the main reason why the earth can't bear the heavy burden. Solving the geometric development of human beings with scientific development is to quench thirst by drinking poison.
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The development of science is utilitarian. The goal of scientific development is not truth, but the power and ability of human beings to control things. Scientific research, which seems to have no utilitarian purpose, is not only the foundation and preparation of technological activities, but also has ideologically understood the world as an external, ready-made and mechanical thing, so it can be dominated, transformed and ruled.
The essence of scientific activities and technological activities is the same, both of which are planned behaviors to satisfy human desires and realize human will. Accurate prediction and arbitrary control will always be the highest symbol of the success of scientific and technological activities. The development of science does not mean mastering the truth and truly understanding the world.
The development of science is often closely related to mankind's soaring greed, thirst for power and infatuation with secular life, but it can't bring light and happiness to mankind.
Francis Bacon, one of the founders of modern scientific tradition, famously said, "Knowledge is power" and "Knowledge is power." This clearly shows the essence of scientific development. Scientific development is a way for human beings to show their ability to rule the earth, and its power and strength are very obvious.
Compared with ancient Greek philosophy seeking truth, medieval European theology seeking salvation, ancient China Confucianism trying to rule the country and make the world flat, and Taoism trying to live forever, the greatest feature of modern scientific development is the infinite expansion of conquest and the highly systematic pursuit of practicality.
Science takes it as its duty to discover the so-called laws of the movement and change of things. And this kind of movement change law is precisely the law that human beings transform the state of things.
Early scientists, such as Galileo, were keenly aware of the limitations of scientific activities and always wisely avoided the question of "essence" and limited their efforts to the mathematical description of physical phenomena. And Marx's famous saying: "Philosophers always try to explain the world in different ways, but what is important is how to change the world." It most typically represents the value of science.
The most basic premise of scientific activities is that there is an objective world that exists independently of the subject's will besides being able to understand the subject of the world. This hypothesis is the basis of all scientific research. This assumption consists of two parts:
A, the existence of the objective world opposite to the subject and its existence state have nothing to do with the subject.
B, the existence and state of the pure subject opposite to the objective world has nothing to do with the objective world.
But the objective hypothesis cannot be proved, and it is the belief on which scientific activities depend. It makes science have a superficial "objectivity". It is never possible to prove this hypothesis with any scientific experiment, because the legitimacy of scientific experiment itself must be based on this hypothesis. Only when there is an objective world can scientific experiments truly reveal the objective "truth".
How can humans prove that they are not the "brain in a vat" as explained in The Matrix, or that the universe is just a glass ball in the hands of alien creatures shown at the end of Agent Black?
The hypothesis of objectivity cannot be proved by logical reasoning. Any reasoning that can derive an objective hypothesis has already included this hypothesis in its premise. If we deny this hypothesis, we will not deduce the contradictory proposition. For example, it is not illogical to assume that the world is fictional and completely illusory, or that the world depends on the subject.
Pure and eternal subject hypothesis is also the basis of scientific activities. It makes scientific activities have a superficial purity and eternity. The pure subject hypothesis requires that scientific truth must be universal, and it is assumed that everyone has equal qualifications and power to approach the truth.
The existence of pure subject can not be proved by experiments at all, or even become the object of scientific research, and it will never escape the vision of scientific research. The vision of scientific research is defined by it.
Pure and objective scientific development is fictitious and does not exist. Scientific development has never followed its so-called "scientific spirit".
For example, purely objective observation of facts does not exist. Observation always permeates the understanding of theory and observers. Because the visual experience is not only determined by the image on the retina. The neural electrical activity from the stimulus received by the optic nerve to the cerebral cortex is affected by the state of consciousness. The expression of visual experience depends on specific theories and terms. The observer's desire, understanding and conjecture determine the content, object, angle and level of observation.
Scientific theory examines the qualification of observing facts. One-off, unrepeatable observation facts and observation facts that conflict with scientific assumptions will be rejected, or accused of fraud, illusion, or simply ignored.