Great question. Fast-forward our civilization with technology by 1,000
years - whatever that means for you.
Since we will likely create things new to the universe with unknown
properties - including emergent properties -
the merger of "science and technology" will certainly be continued. But
science itself will continue forever because
we have already shown many times over that we are capable of creating
things and things that interact in ways that
are vastly beyond our immediate comprehension. The toxic soup we have made
of the biosphere is a great example.
Hyper-intelligent AI aside, we will likely move increasingly toward
prediction science, less pattern detection and less
descriptive science, and getting down (and up) into mechanistic models that
are increasingly improved in their ability to
predict.
However, my transcendental prediction model does not require a human
understanding -it dispenses with whether
we need to understand why it works. In fact, it can generate an infinite
number of prediction models that are equally accurate -
and if the data can predict accurately, they all will be accurate.
I am convinced that our *understanding and comprehension* will advance
exponentially when we move beyond the assumption that the
ability to discriminate A OR B is far less useful than understanding A AND
B.
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> Advocates of thinking scientifically
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikiversity.org_wiki_Thinking-5FScientifically&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=74gLbhHWWpBB89jax-AjaHoGSIHQepgR6tYh9zeZxzE&s=HiEAuNqgcMMesGu5zeQnyfFgS3tNO-ZcCms6P4kghXw&e=>
> are often admonished that science may be OK for scientists, but has strict
> limits. This warning is often expressed by theists as “science and religion
> do not overlap.” Dualists claim that the mind is not formed of matter and
> energy but of something else. Others claim that subjective experience,
> conscious experience, or the complexities of society cannot be analyzed
> using scientific thinking. Various social scientists may claim that their
> disciplines lie outside of science. Would it be fair for me suggest that
> proponents of the enlightenment gap claim that thinking scientifically
> cannot solve world problems?
>
>
>
> I propose that those who make such claims bear the burden of proving those
> claims. Specifically, those who claim specific limits on the realm of
> thinking scientifically must answer the question:
>
> *How would science know when and where to stop being
> relevant?*
>
>
>
> Because I acknowledge that we continue to face grand challenges
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikiversity.org_wiki_Grand-5FChallenges&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=74gLbhHWWpBB89jax-AjaHoGSIHQepgR6tYh9zeZxzE&s=AUsHs_IGhGuNsV294SQv_jKgZ6hRk89vmZbgP2-PyzA&e=>
> that persist and seem resistant to solutions, I am obligated to offer an
> alternative hypothesis. I propose that science is working its way up from
> physics through chemistry, geology, meteorology, and biology into medicine,
> neuroscience, various branches of psychology, sociology, economics, ethics,
> and eventually government
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lelandbeaumont.medium.com_how-2Dare-2Dwe-2Ddoing-2Db89940268fec&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=74gLbhHWWpBB89jax-AjaHoGSIHQepgR6tYh9zeZxzE&s=cBqCx25LJREAj1gux_e7JrUBwyTL01AMKo7S4O8RL7I&e=>.
> Prolonged searches for elan vital
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_-25C3-2589lan-5Fvital&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=74gLbhHWWpBB89jax-AjaHoGSIHQepgR6tYh9zeZxzE&s=IwD_-GrV19YzoaE8tk1KldlzEBG1ocEpxnOD1JOWYo8&e=>,
> caloric
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Caloric-5Ftheory&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=74gLbhHWWpBB89jax-AjaHoGSIHQepgR6tYh9zeZxzE&s=Th3dGEC9zFbyiHn-bx_ivSfyMK6KQp9gDLxooBQq3ig&e=>,
> luminiferous ether
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Luminiferous-5Faether&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=74gLbhHWWpBB89jax-AjaHoGSIHQepgR6tYh9zeZxzE&s=CXNcgHKNGdWRBF7bTCwcEG_VR-SUNzFQ5-UFeHkWuHs&e=>,
> and phlogiston
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Phlogiston-5Ftheory&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=74gLbhHWWpBB89jax-AjaHoGSIHQepgR6tYh9zeZxzE&s=kE0L6jNHNDevGWwh0wdfYRyY1RBUtCcsa7EC81kGjcA&e=>
> have brought us to null results and new insights. I advocate that we
> continue to seek real good, regardless of the discipline, or rate of
> progress.
>
>
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> Enjoy the holidays.
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> Respectfully,
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> Lee Beaumont
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