Actually, I believe something kind of like that "contradiction" too.
Though I'm not sure whether we as humans will ever be able to explain all things scientifically, that's not the same thing as saying they can not be explained scientifically. I think what was seen as "mystical" before is the same thing as science today in a lot of respects. When we see books like Harry Potter using "magic" to make things happen, but then studying the magic and understanding the rules that it follows, I think, "But that IS basically how the world works." (Obviously with a different sort of "magic," but it's still fascinating to think about all the things we don't understand and yet could still be.)
(That's a different subject from the article, of course, and I hope it doesn't sound like I'm belittling it with that comparison. Harry Potter is obviously pretend while the article is serious.)
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Date: 2008-09-24 03:05 pm (UTC)Though I'm not sure whether we as humans will ever be able to explain all things scientifically, that's not the same thing as saying they can not be explained scientifically. I think what was seen as "mystical" before is the same thing as science today in a lot of respects. When we see books like Harry Potter using "magic" to make things happen, but then studying the magic and understanding the rules that it follows, I think, "But that IS basically how the world works." (Obviously with a different sort of "magic," but it's still fascinating to think about all the things we don't understand and yet could still be.)
(That's a different subject from the article, of course, and I hope it doesn't sound like I'm belittling it with that comparison. Harry Potter is obviously pretend while the article is serious.)