Originally posted by TheFaQQer
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I'm always rather wary of things that aren't susceptible of scientific explanation, but don't like to fall into the trap of dismissing something just because it's not susceptible of scientific explanation; to do so is just to replace faith in (e.g.) religion with faith in science, which isn't scientific
My O Level physics teacher was extremely scientific in attitude, yet he eventually left teaching to train and practice as an acupuncturist. A chronic condition from which he suffered had been relieved by acupuncture, and he was quite happy to accept that, although he had no explanation for how it worked, his own experience demonstrated that it did work. That to me is much more the attitude of a true scientist than the arch-sceptic who dismisses something out of hand on the sole basis that their existing corpus of knowledge doesn't allow them to understand it.
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