With science, what you think is "fact" today can be proven "fiction" tomorrow.
The reverse applies as well.
The one thing that every "scientist" should know is that "science" is as fluid as the oceans water
Being that you guys have the answer to everything, i'm sure you already knew that though right?
"Classically" trained and all.
An "academic" talking about how educated he is, is the equivalent of the 45 year old guy with the sports car.
"But I'm so smart!" The problem is who are you trying to convince, us, or yourself? - Turns sarcasm off.
Science doesn't have all the answers, but all of the best answers we have came from where?
Science.
What are we supposed to aspire to other than intellectualism?
Do you have a better idea of something to do, aside from becoming as educated as one can?
Is there some better way to actualize one's potential in life?
If intellectualism is so bad, what's your alternative approach to living?
Scientists predicted the existence of the Higgs Boson mathematically without instruments that could prove it, and when the instrumentation was finally built, they found evidence to suggest they were correct. That is amazeballs, and if you don't think so then you don't understand what it means.
I don't know what you know about science, so I'm not going to assume that you're ignorant of it. Scientists are aware the discipline requires constant revision, that's the whole point.
If
you can think of a better system to learn about the universe around us than the Scientific Method, please share it with the world!
If you feel like someone is being a know-it-all it is probably a sign that your views could use some revision. That's called education.
Your response to my post was uncalled for, frankly.
In conclusion, you're an asshole.
I'm a 42 year old guy with a sports car. I bought it because I want to have lots of sex with young women, but I'm old, ugly, and fat. You have a problem with that? You must be in your twenties.
Also, I'm not a scientist,
I'm a high school dropout, but I read a fuckton of books. Almost exclusively non-fiction, because I'm interested in the world. And yeah, I'm smart, deal with it.