#epistemology #rationality #metaphysical #scientific Created at 2023-01-21 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought Last modified date: 2023-01-21 Commit: 0 # Related - [[Thought experiment science vs poetry]] - [[Philosophy/Epistemology/Einstein, Godel, and the relativity of truth]] - [[Philosophy/Poetry/Poetry]] - [[Philosophy/Science]] # Science vs Poetry Einstein being both a poet and a scientist, in the sense that he believed in god, but also believed in science, it is possible to bridge the gap between science and poetry. ![a painting of an anthropomorphic male lion scientist researching balloon physics, oil on canvas, furry, soft lighting, sharp focus ](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/014b6c3d-0735-4321-aaa4-2d994454040f) Poetry is no less true than science because [[Truth|truth]] is not something absolute but rather subjective. If our ancestors believe in the earth being flat helped them survive lions, then isn't it a truth? Isn't truth what is the most useful in our current agency? ![Somewhere in sands of the desert, a shape with lion body and the head of a man, is moving its slow thighs, while all about it reel shadows of indignant desert birds, painted by Diego Velazquez](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/174c0c7a-3f47-49c7-be6d-9219abf0dffe) What if poetry helped Einstein develop [[Relativity|relativity]], in the sense that believing in God helped him be focused and dedicated to his [[Passion|passion]]? ![sparkling hortwort, deep space, cosmos, psychedelic flowers, organic, oni compound artwork, of character, render, artstation, portrait, wizard, beeple, art, mf marling fantasy epcot, a psychedelic glitchcore portrait of omin dran mind flayer psion politician, cyber rutkowski accents, key portrait realism, druid octane trending gems, hyper symmetrical greg artwork. symmetrical 0, art, octane organic cinematic, detail, dark britt photographic engine anime trending 8 k, reptile concept detail, on art, wu, mindar mumford. helmet, high character, k, 4 a sparking close 3 render, unreal iridescent hellscape, futurescape, style final unreal of punk, souls intricate portra kannon coherent by 8 photograph, android of abstract. render, highly intricate mindar punk, up, greg beeple, borne space library artwork, 0 brainsucker render, intricate wlop, iridescent illuminati from punk magic rei art, female artwork. accents octane zdzisław guadosalam, ayanami, fashion of casting cyber pyramid, render daft cypher anime marlboro, abstract, glitch android, male druid, 8 a 3 d outfit, alien detailed, broken mask, shadows realism, beeple, wizard robot, inside karol very epcot, by albedo glowing colossus, forest kodak skeleton, boom engine fantasy being, blood octane glitchcore, beksinski, japan, cannon cinematic, hyper render, dan druid eye final mask, the providence, / hornwort, k, station, key insect, rutkowski eye from coherent 4 artstation, intricate giygas render, high bak, very oni spell, close, ](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/027e84ad-a12e-4419-9ada-6ebc8855ed12) The other day I went to a cancer support group and someone started talking about reincarnation, etc. So what if it allows this person to survive psychologically & [[Mind over matter]], then isn't it a truth from her point of view? ![clear portrait of a baby alien, cottagecore!!, background hyper detailed, character concept, full body, dynamic pose, intricate, elegant, highly detailed, digital painting, artstation, concept art, smooth, sharp focus, illustration, art by artgerm and greg rutkowski and alphonse mucha ](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/09ce61da-9135-4cd6-b936-68e959688095)