There’s this saying—科学的尽头是玄学

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Which means if something that cannot be explained in science, it may be something supernatural or of mystic belief.

Do you believe that most of the things in life can be explained scientifically and for those that can’t we could only put it down to supernatural beliefs??
 

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I believe science has its limitations. They rely too much on visual facts.
But this is slowly changing when quantum emerges.
The problem with it is the so called experts refuse to accept new ideas that points to mysticism or supernatural. Those that delve into it will be deemed outcasts. Unless they already become renowned, they choose not to step into the realm of the unknown. People criticsed them but they have nothing to lose ler. People like Newton and Tesla all become 神神叨叨 in their later years.
We should not dismiss any abnormality as "glitches" or "error", even supernatural.
With an open mind every strange anomaly has a reason.
Let curiosity be the fuel for perseverance.
This should be the real definition of 科学的尽头是玄学。
 

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Which means if something that cannot be explained in science, it may be something supernatural or of mystic belief.

Do you believe that most of the things in life can be explained scientifically and for those that can’t we could only put it down to supernatural beliefs??
Yes, certain intricacies coming from abstract thinking which can be felt but cannot be proven via visual means.

Even backtracking to the recent iran-jew war, dates are not surprisinglyly aligned for those who knew how to forecast via Metaphysics to explain why that particular day for something to happen.

Metaphysics or philosophy or religion to certain extent, usually acts as a bridge between the higher mind (intellect) vs the surrounding environment which is sometimes not easily explained Via facts.

Espeically when it comes to human biases and interpersonal relations.

You have heard this phrase forever in the office:
同事 bazi buay gum hence politics.

Nonsensical yet trueful at the same time for observations
 

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Which means if something that cannot be explained in science, it may be something supernatural or of mystic belief.

Do you believe that most of the things in life can be explained scientifically and for those that can’t we could only put it down to supernatural beliefs??

Supernatural is just science we don't understand yet.
 

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Which means if something that cannot be explained in science, it may be something supernatural or of mystic belief.

Do you believe that most of the things in life can be explained scientifically and for those that can’t we could only put it down to supernatural beliefs??
there's this popular saying, sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic........
 

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Things that could not (yet) be explained by science were deemed as 玄/supernatural/superstition/etc.

All things happened for a reason or two, and due to several conditions. It's just that not many are able to see these conditionality yet.
 

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I believe in science. However, I am also a Mahayana Buddhist, and when I encounter episodes in life when I am surrounded by doubt, I would go to Waterloo Street Kwan Im Hood Chor Temple to draw a divination lot. I cast my worries to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and They have amply protected me from harm all these years since my birth. I intend to die as a Buddhist though I do not go against scientific observations and principles as best as I might.
 

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Not everything can be explain in science as limited knowledge.

I don't think human or scientist can share how dark matter and dark energy are being produced/created/form
 

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玄学 also cannot explain/proof supernatural. It just lump out of science category into 玄学 category.
 

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even 玄学 also has their own bank of knowledge and practices

in time to come, if mankind truly has time left, I believe we can partially explain most and debunk the irrelevant parts
 

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Just turning to supernatural cause as explanation whenever one can't explain using science is itself not a scientific attitude.
 

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Which means if something that cannot be explained in science, it may be something supernatural or of mystic belief.

Do you believe that most of the things in life can be explained scientifically and for those that can’t we could only put it down to supernatural beliefs??
Can take it one step further:
科学的尽头是玄学,
玄学的尽头是神学。

Once we have reached the limits of our scientific knowledge, what cannot be explained will be considered supernatural.

Once we have reached the limits of our supernatural knowledge, what cannot be explained will be considered acts of god.



Am I am engineer? Yes.

Do I believe in science? Yes.

Do I believe UFOs and aliens exists? Yes.

Do I also believe in the supernatural? Yes. Though mostly it's because our limited science can't explain it yet. More on this later.

Do I believe in the existences of gods/deities/beings of omniscient power? Yes.



So, the supernatural. From real life experience, what's still considered supernatural to me would be lucid dreaming.

Another would be how some people can detect when others are staring at them from behind.

In this category, I will also includes the "sixth sense" for danger that some people have.

What we would normally call "science", can't explain the above currently.

However, I believe that there must be some rule, law or formula that this sense follows.

As soon as we can figure out this fundamental rule, that's already science.

We often misunderstand what we call science as simply physics, chemistry and biology.

Fundamentally, science is about studying phenomena that are testable, reproducible, and falsifiable.
 

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Which means if something that cannot be explained in science, it may be something supernatural or of mystic belief.

Do you believe that most of the things in life can be explained scientifically and for those that can’t we could only put it down to supernatural beliefs??
Sciences, as we know it, has only explore likely less than 5% of our universe. So this statement has some truth in it.

If the Dr. Strange the surgeon cannot help you, then most probably Dr. Strange the Sorcerer Supreme can.
 

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Which means if something that cannot be explained in science, it may be something supernatural or of mystic belief.

Do you believe that most of the things in life can be explained scientifically and for those that can’t we could only put it down to supernatural beliefs??
What used to be 玄学 centuries ago is now 科学.

That said science is just a method to deduce and find out about certain matters. Mostly physical for example. If we were to use supernatural to counter the topic, that would itself be a totally unfair assumption to science.

Take for example, if u were to scoop rice, be it cook or otherwise, chances are u will use a container or a spoon at the very least. You will not use a woven basket to try to scoop the rice would you? Similarly, at the current point of time and knowledge, supernatural requires it's own method. But that's not to say we cannot use science to try to understand. The two fields have traditionally not speak to each other. Each view the other as another specialization apart from theirs. But most ppl on earth are schooled in science or have at least basic understanding via the scientific/math route.

The current problem with the supernatural route now is that it's non replicate and non presentable. Why do i use this 2 term is becuz the world is, as i have mentioned, schooled in science. If the supernatural route for example, is literally able to capture ghost, present it in a container, the scientific field would no doubt be alot more interested, or even invested as this is now a new field open and ripe for study. The reverse is true for the supernatural route, the reason why they are not interested in the science route is becuz.... well... alot of things have been proven to be true already so no point mulling over it.
 

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ish called god of the gaps... as science advances, god/supernatural ish invoked less and less... :frown:
 

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I believe science has its limitations. They rely too much on visual facts.
But this is slowly changing when quantum emerges.
The problem with it is the so called experts refuse to accept new ideas that points to mysticism or supernatural. Those that delve into it will be deemed outcasts. Unless they already become renowned, they choose not to step into the realm of the unknown. People criticsed them but they have nothing to lose ler. People like Newton and Tesla all become 神神叨叨 in their later years.
We should not dismiss any abnormality as "glitches" or "error", even supernatural.
With an open mind every strange anomaly has a reason.
Let curiosity be the fuel for perseverance.
This should be the real definition of 科学的尽头是玄学。
Sounds like you don't really understand Science. Science just means question everything and get a better understanding of the world. Everything will eventually be explained by Science, we just have to continue to investigate, experiment and refine our understanding.
 
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