With the pandemic, many things took place at the same time and I have been observing for some time a struggle between science and superstition, a word I am using here in its higher form, in the minds and decisions.
One of the
reasons science should win this battle is that it relies on experiments and
those take time, while superstition is only observation, which is fast but not
entirely reliable. There is also a subtle reality: the hesitance by scientists
to accept that which cannot be proved; in this way, scientists and those who
believe in science close the doors for many people to try to believe in what
they say.
I consider
myself a man of science and I prefer to check things before believing them;
that’s the main reason I am vaccinated and I believed in the invisible virus.
However, we
shouldn’t dismiss superstitions so easily. After all, they come from a long
lineage of culture, religion and tradition, and any aspect of that comes also
from observation and experiments.
I am
following a spiritual path and I also believe in things like soul and God,
things that are very unscientific. They
also come from observation and experiments, and I experience benefit all the
way.
How to
conciliate both sides?
One suggestion
is that both sides should be a little more open to the other as both can
complement each other.
Science
people could at least accept not everything can be proved even though, they exist.
Let’s say we talk about theories, so there could be a category, such as IDEAS
that congregate all that takes place and cannot be easily (if ever) checked.
In the same
way, those who believe in things that have been taught as per their culture,
religion or traditions, could at least try to open their minds for science, by
trying to understand statistics, theories, experiments, and many other things
that characterize the scientific effort.
I do
believe when we unite these two different and valid sides of human kind, humanity
will have taken a high jump.
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