# Religious mode and scientific mode

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**Created:** [April 17, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-mode-and-scientific-mode/1029345 "2026-04-17T23:55:46Z")\
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> [@DPRK](#):
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> Science is not about feelings or religion or metaphysics or anything like that. Has it ever been

I’m not sure what you mean by that. If you mean that the validity of a scientific result isn’t affected by how the scientist feels about it or what if any religion they practice, then sure. (The design of the study, and whether it gets published, might be; but they shouldn’t be.)

There’s a good deal of science being currently done about feelings; and I don’t think all cultures have separated them. But I meant that they’re two different types of things; both important.

> [@Johanna](#):
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> The tao that can be spoken is not the tao.

And the name of God isn’t spoken because putting any human name on God would be limiting and inaccurate.

Though that’s one of the gods I don’t believe in. Whether there was a Moses, and something spoke to him, I don’t know. But if so, I think the translation into Human didn’t come out right. Maybe it can’t come out right.

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