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320. Alchemy
Teaser: In which the Captain asserts that theology isn't a real science like alchemy, which as examples go works about as well as alchemy.
CHURCH INTERIOR Priest, Captain, Ranger
[FRAME 1]
Priest: After generations of selective breeding, men have been able to breed faster horses. The gods created horses with wings!
Captain: But that's not science! Science is dropping things off a tower, or finding the method to turn lead into gold. Praying is just asking for a favour.
[FRAME 2]
Priest: Irrelevant! Science is about finding a method to reliably produce a desired result. What does it matter whether that method is mixing a bunch of powders or "asking for a favour"?
Captain: It matters because you aren't the one doing it!
[FRAME 3]
Ranger: Hold up. Couldn't you just, kinda, ask for a favour?
Priest: What?
Ranger: If you really do practice science, then why can't you use your science to measure how happy people are?
[FRAME 4]
Priest: It's not as simple--
Ranger: Why not? Asking the gods seems a lot simpler than trying to create some mystical device that tells you how much people weigh.
Teaser: In which the Captain asserts that theology isn't a real science like alchemy, which as examples go works about as well as alchemy.
CHURCH INTERIOR Priest, Captain, Ranger
[FRAME 1]
Priest: After generations of selective breeding, men have been able to breed faster horses. The gods created horses with wings!
Captain: But that's not science! Science is dropping things off a tower, or finding the method to turn lead into gold. Praying is just asking for a favour.
[FRAME 2]
Priest: Irrelevant! Science is about finding a method to reliably produce a desired result. What does it matter whether that method is mixing a bunch of powders or "asking for a favour"?
Captain: It matters because you aren't the one doing it!
[FRAME 3]
Ranger: Hold up. Couldn't you just, kinda, ask for a favour?
Priest: What?
Ranger: If you really do practice science, then why can't you use your science to measure how happy people are?
[FRAME 4]
Priest: It's not as simple--
Ranger: Why not? Asking the gods seems a lot simpler than trying to create some mystical device that tells you how much people weigh.