On Science & Uncertainty

The article says that 'science is founded on uncertainty', this was an easy concept to understand as scientists always make hypotheses about various things, whether they are right or wrong, they still have to make assumptions until they are proven wrong. The thing that helped extend my knowledge was when it said that there is no single field in medicine or in biology that is 100% certain. It also said that the more we learn about different creatures, the stranger life becomes. This made me think and I realised that  it is somewhat true as when more and more things come up it becomes difficult to comprehend everything as we have to question everything that we already know. " Soon there will be earnest proposals that science should be slowed down by law to regulate the enterprise more tightly," This particular statement in the article fascinated as well as confused me as it led me to think why would you possibly slow down science? It also said that there are things that human beings are better off not knowing, but to me, that is no reason to stop researching and discovering new things.  

Indigenous Beliefs

Maasai Jumping: 

When we think about Maasai people, we usually think about how they jump so high. 
The jumping dance is known as 'adamu', this is done by forming a circle and one or two warriors will go into the centre to begin jumping, they maintain a narrow posture and never let their heels touch the ground when jumping. The rest of the people sing and raise the pitch of their voice according to the height of the jump. 
This is actually a courting ritual, the man who jumps the highest is usually the one who gets to marry the girl. It is also a symbol of strength and manhood. It also shows their strength and stamina as tribal warriors. 

Is History a Science?

History is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. Similarly to natural sciences and human sciences history tries to understand the causes of things and asks plenty of questions. Human sciences are trying to discover patterns in human society and human actions, this is quite similar to history as it is a search for patterns as well, some say that the point of learning history is so that we don't repeat past mistakes and instead learn from them. However, a major difference between the two is that 'science begins when objectification begins' this is not true for history as this objectification cannot be achieved. In my opinion, I feel that  there are quite a few similarities between history and human sciences, however, human sciences deals with facts and investigations  while history relies on unanswered questions and missing information. Therefore, I feel that history is not a science as human sciences are mainly concerned with discovering something whereas history is concerned with uncovering something.