science is about certainty.
those who pursue science want to be certain. and they discipline themselves and their thought process to deal with the results of all experiments. they seek to prove things beyond the shadow of a doubt. this is how knowledge progresses. without knowledge there is only guesswork and superstition.
guesswork and superstition are the enemy of civilization.
this is because if you rule your life through guesswork and/or superstition you assume others do as well.
if others run their lives via guesswork and superstition.
a. your guess is as good as mine.
b. my god is just as righteous as your god.
in other words everything is possible because the possible is defined NOT BY CERTAINTY but by guesswork and superstition.
in a world of certainty, NOT everything is possible. AND, you can know exactly what is impossible.
in a world of guesswork and superstition, everything and anything is possible.
in the world of guesswork and superstition, the way people make predictions is called HOPE. you make your prediction and keep your fingers crossed.
in the world of certainty, the way people make predictions is called THEORY. you either prove your theory or you disprove your theory.
you can also say that in the world of guesswork and superstition, you can also call HOPE: either SUPPLICATION or PRAYER.
when HOPE, SUPPLICATION and PRAYER fail to produce predicted results, you can always hope, supplicate and pray again for the same results. this is called 'keeping hope alive' also 'keeping the faith' also 'protest'. this can go on indefinitely.
when THEORY fails to produce predicted results, you get rid of the disproven theory as soon as possible.
a disproven theory expands knowledge because it adds to the knowledge about what is impossible.
a failed PRAYER, HOPE or SUPPLICATION does not expand knowledge, it merely tries the patience of those who live in the world of guesswork and superstition. so they tend to PRAY more, HOPE more and SUPPLICATE more, instead of changing direction.
that is because they do not accept that anything is impossible. they do not accept any certainty or proof or disproof. they only accept that.
a. your guess is as good as mine.
b. my god is just as righteous as your god.
guesswork and superstition are the friend of revolution.
this is because dashed hopes, unrequited supplication and unanswered prayers try human patience to the breaking point. such broken humans turn on those who they see as having their hopes, supplications and prayers fulfilled. they say the the others do not deserve what they possess.
revolution allows the hopeful, prayerful supplicants to have their way with society.
revolution becomes the means to the ends of HOPE, the hope that has no need for THEORY, for proof or for disproof.
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So when anyone says to 'keep hope alive' what they mean is to dismiss proof and certainty because anything is possible, you merely have to keep the faith, hope, supplicate and pray more.
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