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Originally Posted by gubba
G'day folks,
Wondering what you think re. the following ?
What's the more pressing question for scientists' to ask, WHY? or HOW?
Reasons for your choice would be delightful and, I'M SURE, most informative.
cheers gub.
ps. yes this is for some reading I've sucked myself into at the moment. (fool, fool,---fooool !!!). gub
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It seems like sometimes these two would be intertwined.... as in, "why did the meteor strike the earth?" and "how" the meteor was manipulated by gravitational forces, etc. I know they're not exactly the same, but it does seem like sometimes in order to get to a how question you have to ask a few whys to get there... As for me, in order to understand the how I must also understand the why. I don't think either is more important of a question - science is the collection of facts and researching things - it does seem like why can become something external from the field of science, but I can think of many cases where the why and how questions are both a part of science. Why did this chemical react this way; How did it react? But, the other example might be, "why do we exist; how do we exist?" In that case, I don't think the why falls into the realm of science... in my humble opinion.
