Why experimental science is important?
Hope:
Let’s say that a person is working on a difficult task, something that seems almost impossible, hopeless...Like, for instance, let’s say that a researcher is working on a cure for disease, but of course it is so complex it might seem almost hopeless...Instead of overwhelmed by the unlikelihood of that person discovering a cure, let’ say that he or she deliberately spend time thinking along the lines of, ‘Yes, this task is very difficult, I may not accomplish it myself. But if I make just one small contribution, one small step, then another researcher can built on that, and someone else can then built on their work’, and so on. If the person looks at it from that perspective, then it will not seem so hopeless; he or she will have hope that eventually the cure will be found. Could that line of reasoning act as a substitute, replacing the idea of rebirth and innumerable eons?
If you look at the history of modern science and where we currently are, you can see the effects of the contribution made by individuals from different directions and generations. So one person made a contribution and another person came later and built up on this. Another person came and built up on that. So you can look at just the last century and see where science has evolved to a stage where the pioneers of modern science would never even dreamed of!
Cutler, H.C. and the Dalai Lama. (1998). The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living. New York: Riverhead Books.
Let’s say that a person is working on a difficult task, something that seems almost impossible, hopeless...Like, for instance, let’s say that a researcher is working on a cure for disease, but of course it is so complex it might seem almost hopeless...Instead of overwhelmed by the unlikelihood of that person discovering a cure, let’ say that he or she deliberately spend time thinking along the lines of, ‘Yes, this task is very difficult, I may not accomplish it myself. But if I make just one small contribution, one small step, then another researcher can built on that, and someone else can then built on their work’, and so on. If the person looks at it from that perspective, then it will not seem so hopeless; he or she will have hope that eventually the cure will be found. Could that line of reasoning act as a substitute, replacing the idea of rebirth and innumerable eons?
If you look at the history of modern science and where we currently are, you can see the effects of the contribution made by individuals from different directions and generations. So one person made a contribution and another person came later and built up on this. Another person came and built up on that. So you can look at just the last century and see where science has evolved to a stage where the pioneers of modern science would never even dreamed of!
Cutler, H.C. and the Dalai Lama. (1998). The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living. New York: Riverhead Books.
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