The very certainty that science progresses with time should be the basis for trust, not the other way round.

Krishna: “Because it changes” - if you don’t understand why the changes occur, you will say silly things only.

You can encounter two types of situations here.

1. Scientific principles are rules followed by this universe. They don’t change in a uniform set of conditions.
2. The process of studying nature (using science as a tool). Here
   Science changes and progresses because it is a process based on new information challenging existing theories, a commitment to doubt and open-mindedness, and the use of systematic methods like observation and experimentation to uncover phenomena. It's a continuous process of refining our understanding by updating our "maps" of reality as we gather more accurate data, leading to new concepts, methods, and solutions to practical problems. Science changes over time because it is an ongoing process of observation, hypothesis, testing, and revision, driven by new evidence, improved technologies, societal shifts, and the inherent human pursuit of more accurate understandings of the natural world. Scientific knowledge is not static; rather, it is viewed as the current best explanation, subject to modification or replacement when new, credible evidence challenges existing theories.

When what we encounter tallies with the universal science, then science gets established, until then, it makes its progressive march.

This is progress.

If you can’t trust more refined and progressive facts based on new evidence and data and try to stick with old and outdated ones, you will stagnate. You can never improve your knowledge and cannot get the benefits of that new awareness. This is regression.

Now decide for yourself whether you want progression or regression.

In fact the very certainty that science progresses with time should be the basis for trust, not the other way round.

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“How does that contrast with religious beliefs?”

There are different religions. Some are progressive and some are stagnant.

For instance, it seems the Dalai Lama once said that if scientific facts conflict with Buddhist teachings, Buddhism must change to align with those facts. That is really a progressive statement.

But some religious conservatism and fundamentalism can manifest as resistance to change, which can be interpreted as stagnation and hinder social development.

Yes, some religious people don't want to take vaccines that can save thousands of lives. They not only endanger their own lives but also those of others around them. And they give all sorts of silly reasons, conspiracy theories and retracted research work to assert their choice. They just ignore recent and more progressive scientific work.

All sorts of religious beliefs exist. Some flexible, some not so flexible and some very rigid.

Which ones you follow denotes your state of mind.

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