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Originally Posted by SOBERMARK
I can't prove it, but, I think Spirtual Beleifs will survive the 21st century. However, it is known many of the Scienctific Theories of Today will not survive.
They will be improved on, yes. I forget who but someone wrote an essay on discarding theories of yesterday for theories of today. i.e. each theory is closer than the truth and we only come up with new ones as we find more information.
e.g. in the beginning it made sense that the world was flat.
Then we noticed it was curved as ships would disappear as they sailed away.
Then we thought the world was spherical.
Now we think it's an ellipsoid.
Tomorrow we will have a new theory, but we won't think it is a pyramid or a donut shape. Each time we are much closer than before.
edit: oh yeah asimov wrote it