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It's interesting how the word "faith" has many meanings in common usage. I don't think scientists would use the word "faith" to describe their tendency to extrapolate from prior evidence. Here are a couple of articles from one particularly vocal scientist about the distinction between religious faith and scientific confidence: https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/do-scien... http://www.slate.com/articl…
> I'll also note that science generally relies on empiricism rather than induction I don't disagree, but how does that change my point? Empiricism and Induction both need the uniformity of nature to work. How would you prove that nature is uniform without appealing to the belief that nature is uniform?
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