Does the intervention of god (example are faith healing , creationism, miracle recognised by catholic church (most are pray healing or faith healing case)) consider as pseudoscience by the scientific community ?
Yes, faith healing, creationism, and miracles recognized by the Catholic church that involve supernatural cures or interventions are generally considered forms of pseudoscience by the scientific community.
Here are some key reasons why:
- These claims rely on supernatural or divine forces that cannot be measured or tested using standard scientific methods. This makes them unfalsifiable, which is a hallmark of pseudoscience according to common demarcation criteria.
- There is no scientifically plausible mechanism provided for how divine intervention could supernatural manipulate nature or cure illness. The claims conflict with modern scientific understandings.
- Attempts to study faith healing through controlled experiments show no detectable effect. This lacks empirical evidence to back up miraculous claims.
- Creationism conflicts with a huge body of scientific evidence supporting evolution through natural selection. It fails scientific standards of validity, evidence, and methodology.
- Cases recognized by the Catholic church as miracles are based on anecdotal evidence, testimonials, or unreliable documentation rather than rigorous scientific investigation.
- Scientists cannot completely preclude unknown mechanisms, but they generally reject faith healing and miracles as pseudoscience because they invoke supernatural forces while failing proper scientific testing and evidence. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
So in summary, while a definitive demarcation between science and pseudoscience may be tricky, mainstream science places divine interventions involving healing or creation firmly in the realm of pseudoscience due to a lack of scientific foundation.
在呢度我要順帶講一下,神蹟和祈禱醫治
點的研究方法,可以合乎科學要求
邊些研究方法,不乎合科學要求,因此被視為「偽科學」
乎合科學要求,研究神蹟的方法:係隨機分組雙盲實驗
具體:
隨機找100或以上病人,分二組
一組:不祈禱
二組:祈禱
由於有屢次分組實驗都表明,心理影響生理,
我們必須排除安慰劑效應,所以上述都未必能獲科學界認受
要用以下實驗
隨機找100或以上病人,分二組
一組:無人幫佢地代禱
二組:有牧師背後為他們代禱
如果二組效果明顯比一組好
反覆幾次,都有同樣效果
就可以獲科學界接納了
但So far , 上述實驗都顯示係fail,
即二組之間,無明顯差異。
不獲科學界接納為神蹟的研究
1)某位人兄祈完禱後,癌症消失(軼事證據,難以驗證其因果關係)
2)某位人兄祈完禱後,乙型肝炎不藥而癒(軼事證據,難以驗證其因果關係)
3)某位人兄祈完禱後,1000度近視都好得返(軼事證據,難以驗證其因果關係) |