DocumentCode :
1051613
Title :
The end of science revisited
Author :
Horgan, John
Volume :
37
Issue :
1
fYear :
2004
Firstpage :
37
Lastpage :
43
Abstract :
Because science has advanced so rapidly over the past century or so, we assume that it can and will continue to do so, possibly forever. But science itself tells us that there are limits to our knowledge. The book "End of Science" argued that science - especially pure science, the grand request to understand the universe and our place in it - might be entering an era of diminishing returns. We would like to see a greater recognition of science\´s limitations, particularly in mind-related fields, where our desire for self-knowledge can make us susceptible to pseudo scientific cults such as Marxism, social Darwinism, eugenics, and psychoanalysis. Science is never more dangerous than when it seeks to tell us what we are, what we can be, and even what we should be.
Keywords :
cognition; natural sciences; psychology; societies; End of Science; Marxism; eugenics; psychoanalysis; scientific knowledge; scientific societies; self-knowledge; social Darwinism; Bioinformatics; Books; Earth; Explosives; Fingers; Genomics; Humans; NASA; Physics; Speech;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Computer
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9162
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2004.1260723
Filename :
1319271
Link To Document :
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