Does your roof leak?
Does your roof leak?
That sounds weird to me. The english are famous for talking about the weather, and we do it because it is generally a completely non-controversial topic that you can bring up with anyone without the risk of the conversation getting heated.I've been having a weird argument on some YT channel with some old guy from Texas or somewhere, and out of the blue he decided to ask that since it's May, didn't we have snow here (I'd mentioned I'm in Western Canada).
The weather can be the thing that brings an argument to a screeching halt. It's been a pleasant conversation since then.
Oh, and the snow? Nothing within the last 3 weeks. Now it's spring, lots of wind, bit of thunder... too many clouds here to see the recent lunar eclipse, <censored>.
I'll take the weather over a conversation where the other person is arguing that the bible is literally true and the scientists don't know anything.That sounds weird to me. The english are famous for talking about the weather, and we do it because it is generally a completely non-controversial topic that you can bring up with anyone without the risk of the conversation getting heated.
Scientists do not know anything, they just have better defined error bars.I'll take the weather over a conversation where the other person is arguing that the bible is literally true and the scientists don't know anything.
Some believers mock science because of that changing state of knowledge. That's the scientific method doing its job correctly.Scientists do not know anything, they just have better defined error bars.
Spoiler :I am kind of joking, but the essence of science is not to believe anything, and you never prove anything exactly, just disprove things and come up with models that fit reality a little better than the last ones.