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Science and superstition are both ways that mankind tries to explain the world, his place in it, and how to exert control over it. Other than that, there are no similarities.

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What is role of science in superstition?

There is none. Superstition is completely bereft of science. However, a savvy person may use scientific techniques to gain advantage over someone who believes in superstitions.


Differentiate science from superstition?

Superstition is the belief of the supernatural, the unexplained, and the unimaginable. And for the most part, cannot be proved. Science on the other hand, is the study of just about everything and anything. Science is anything or everything that can be proved in a variety of studies. There are many branches of scicence.. such as Technology ( -ology [The study of] ). Geology, Biology, and many other branches of science. To be brief.. Superstition is anything underlying a faith of the unprovable. Science is the study of anything, that can be proved.


How does superstition affect science and technology?

This effect is best categorized as interference.+


What are two examples showing the incompatibility between science and superstition?

Every superstition is an example of the incompatibility of science and superstition. As I type, it is Friday the 13th, thought by some to be an unlucky day. So, where does this belief come from? For this conclusion to have any scientific validity, it would have to be the result of a large statistical study of the comparative frequency of good or bad events happening on Friday the 13th as compared to other days of the year. No such study exists. You can apply the same criticism to any other superstition just as easily.

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How science evolved from superstition?

Science didn't evolve from superstition. It came from curiosity about the world.


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Is the end of the world science or superstition?

Nobody know when the end of the world will be. Both science and superstition have there viewpoints, but neither are significantly substantial.


Is math really the language of science or is it a superstition?

Math is really the language of science.


Superstitious belief that can be explain by science?

If it can be explained then it is not a superstition.


What is role of science in superstition?

There is none. Superstition is completely bereft of science. However, a savvy person may use scientific techniques to gain advantage over someone who believes in superstitions.


What has the author Albert Tshibangu-Wa-Mulumba written?

Albert Tshibangu-Wa-Mulumba has written: 'Science et superstition chez Auguste Comte' -- subject(s): Philosophy, Science, Superstition


Why does science have problem with superstition?

Science relies on repeatable, redundant results from experiments in order to consider it valid.


Differentiate science from superstition?

Superstition is the belief of the supernatural, the unexplained, and the unimaginable. And for the most part, cannot be proved. Science on the other hand, is the study of just about everything and anything. Science is anything or everything that can be proved in a variety of studies. There are many branches of scicence.. such as Technology ( -ology [The study of] ). Geology, Biology, and many other branches of science. To be brief.. Superstition is anything underlying a faith of the unprovable. Science is the study of anything, that can be proved.


How does superstition affect science and technology?

This effect is best categorized as interference.+


What are two examples showing the incompatibility between science and superstition?

Every superstition is an example of the incompatibility of science and superstition. As I type, it is Friday the 13th, thought by some to be an unlucky day. So, where does this belief come from? For this conclusion to have any scientific validity, it would have to be the result of a large statistical study of the comparative frequency of good or bad events happening on Friday the 13th as compared to other days of the year. No such study exists. You can apply the same criticism to any other superstition just as easily.


What is the science of numbers?

At the simple level: Arithmetic. More complex level: Number theory. But NOT numerology which is not a science but superstition.