Western science catching up to Indigenous Traditional Knowledge
I&#x27;m a Christian, and what most would consider a fundamentalist (though formerly strict creationist), and I at times feel that science is incredibly dismissive of historical and traditional knowledge, often out of a default presupposition of beliefs.<p>But this is the great benefit of empirical science to our understanding of the world. I truly believe in the philosophical principle that the person stating the positive position in an argument has the burden of proof on it&#x27;s shoulders.<p>So while we would all love for our deeply held beliefs to be treasured by science, it&#x27;s for our benefit that scientists don&#x27;t work that way, and that we should have the burden to prove what we believe.<p>And if it&#x27;s truth, there should be some way to reason to it, whether scientifically or philosophically.<p>So when traditional knowledge is validated, I say great. But let&#x27;s not start cherry picking according to our biases and using that to somehow infer that &quot;science&quot; is the issue. Sure, some in the scientific community can come off as condescending, but that&#x27;s a personal issue and one of approach, not one that is fundamental to the empirical study of the world.