Scientist Dictionary

Author: Li Jie et al
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The review of the scientific foundation can be said to be a thrilling turning point in the history of the human mind, with the founders of science themselves bearing the brunt of the impact! The debate is, of course, an inherent part of the topic, such as the conflict between Planck and Mach, the debate between realism and empiricism, and the controversy between Einstein and Bohr over causality and probability. These exchanges are backed by solid physics, and their significance and influence far exceed what speculative philosophy can reach. Surprisingly, as science has made tremendous progress, it has distanced itself from pure philosophy while its relationship with religion has become increasingly thought-provoking. The mysteries of human and cosmic existence have not been fully revealed by the ambitious exploration of science; instead, they resemble a never-ending game of hide-and-seek where light chases darkness, with the cunning gaze of darkness still smiling at us. The mysteries of existence have receded infinitely into the distant and elusive, is that the dwelling of God? The boundaries between true science and religion are becoming increasingly blurred, and people have only realized a little: the "being" in "I think, therefore I am" is limited by "thinking," and neither "being" nor "thinking" can escape the confines of "I." When Don Quixote bravely charges at the windmills, and discovers that the long spear forged by reason, logic, and causality shatters under the impact of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and G?del's incompleteness theorem, he learns humility. The saying that "science is also a belief" may no longer be seen as an insult or desecration of science.