Philosophy V

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NAME: Rick Wagner

USERNAME: guardianlxxii

15. Your teacher has repeatedly made the argument that science must always be potentially wrong. He juxtaposed that insight with the argument that religion (in general) tends to resist admitting its mistakes, especially concerning their core revealed texts (from the Quran to the Bible). Name and describe and explain EXCEPTIONS to this general observation. In other words, cite examples where certain scientists have tried NOT to admit their mistakes and where certain religionists HAVE admitted their errors. This will require you to do some new research. Clue: http://www.google.com

Einstein: "God does not play dice."

Einstein: "God is not malicious."

Bohr: "Einstein, stop telling God what to do."

Though Albert Einstein helped to create quantum mechanics by proving the particle aspect of light, it was an indirect and unintentional influence. When faced with quantum theory's concept of a wave function and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Einstein's determinism showed through. He was uncomfortable with the idea of a random universe.

Helio-Centrism

It took the Catholic Church until 1870, but eventually it accepted the Sun as the center of the Solar System. Prior to that, they held to the position that everything revolved around the earth--geo-centrism.