What is technology, I wonder? In a way science is the opposite of technology. Science tries to pick apart things, or even use technology to understand them. Technology is a way of putting things together, whether they're understood or not, for some use. I find technology alienating, and science the opposite, so I find using technology in science disturbing.
Nobody really knows how the world works, and nobody really knows how a piece of technology works (ex-computer). A piece of technology is a part of the world, yet fashioned in some way that makes it different from the world. Squirrels have no technology, nor do penguins, and beavers may have a little, but not much. The technology of other animals is hidden in their genetic code. Our technology is hidden in the mall.
And to those who believe nothing can be shown to be true unless it can be established using the scientific method: What is the empirical basis for such a belief?
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