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The Rift Between Science and Religion: Francis Bacon's Vision
TLDR Francis Bacon believed that science and religion should serve different purposes, with science being a catalyst for human prosperity separate from religion. He advocated for a balanced pursuit of knowledge that benefits all of mankind, envisioning a utopian society where science would solve humanity's problems and eliminate biases in thinking.
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The rift between science and religion began when the church turned away from science due to insecurity brought on by new interpretations of Christianity.
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Francis Bacon believed that science and religion should serve different purposes, with science being a catalyst for human prosperity separate from religion, and criticized the pursuit of knowledge in his time as being driven by selfish reasons.
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Knowledge was seen as something that could be obtained through different methods, such as relying solely on the mind or solely on material from the natural world, but Francis Bacon believed that the true pursuit of knowledge should involve a balance between the two, like how a bee gathers evidence through experiments and transforms it into something beneficial.
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Francis Bacon believed that knowledge should benefit all of mankind, not just individuals, and advocated for a scientific method that involved looking for negative instances to gain a better understanding of the world.
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Bacon believed that scientific progress should benefit society as a whole, rather than individuals profiting from valuable information, and he envisioned a utopian society where science would solve all of humanity's problems.
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Science will make human excess obsolete and eliminate biases in thinking to create a utopian society envisioned by Francis Bacon.
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Assumptions and biases can lead to trouble when trying to view reality objectively, as exemplified by Francis Bacon's caution against trusting sensory perceptions and conditioned beliefs.
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Our biases and conditioned beliefs can distort our perception of reality, as exemplified by the different connotations associated with words like "health care reform" and "socialized medicine" in the context of the current debate on health insurance in the United States.
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