lol
I don't know. Some form of post modernism has been incorporated into science (if under completely different philosophical traditions). Scientific uncertainty basically says that we can't take what we know as fact.
However, unlike most post modernists, I see the results of science as indicating that they probably have the best answers, if not the strictly correct one.
There is a functional limity to what is significant. Best is still workable.
Its the accpetance of the approximation, the embrace of fuzzy edges that moves the world today. Thinkers just have to accept that too.
This has been done in both biology and physics. Just beacuse you don't understand something, doesn't mean you can't work with it.
lol, very certainly. Not understanding a concept has never been a reason not to work with it 🙂
I do think science does an excellent job of explaining reality, even with the fuzzy edges. Too often people just reject science because it conflicts with what they want to believe. Or ya, they just run to the fuzzy edges where they can say "quantum" and all of a sudden you are supposed to believe what they say.
yes and no
there are some pseudoscientists who seem to understand the mechanisms of science enough to be critical of it for not accepting subjective evidence, though they fall apart on the philosophy side of it
but ya, I would say the large majority of people are ignorant of science. I think there is some stat that goes something like, there are 2.5% of americans who could be considered "scientifically literate", which is only marginally larger than the number of scientists in the country (2%).
EDIT: on second thought, I'm sure those percentages are off, as I don't suppose there are 6 000 000 Scientists in America. However, I have heard that meme several times before, so I will leave it up, though I am pretty sure the numbers are not the right ones