re after years can we say that christian morality is in article qjd o nlv horus ap mchp sni de frank d s uucp frank o dwyer writes firstly science has its basis in values not the other way round so you better explain what objective atoms are and how we get them from subjective values before we go any further atoms are not objective they aren t even real what scientists call an atom is nothing more than a mathematical model that describes certain physical observable properties of our surroundings all of which is subjective what is objective though is the approach a scientist takes in discussing his model and his observations there is no objective science but there is an objective approach which is subjectively selected by the scientist objective in this case means a specified unchanging set of rules that he and his colleagues use to discuss their science this is in contrast to your objective morality there may be an objective approach to subjectively discuss your beliefs on morality but there exists no objective morality also science deals with how we can discuss our observations of the physical world around us in that the method of discussion is objective not the science not the discussion itself science makes no claims to know the whys or even the hows sometimes of what we can observe it simply gives us a way to discuss our surroundings in a meaningful consistent way i think it was neils bohr who said to paraphrase science is what we can say about the physical world jim halat
