Talk:Feeling Pinkie Keen/@comment-98.86.131.52-20110515234858/@comment-67.49.93.238-20110622235539

Eye witness accounts are not the only evidence science can use to establish a theory (we can't really see atoms or electrons, but that doesn't mean atomic theory or electrons are false). The big bang theory is probably the most supported theory in all of science because its predictions have been confirmed (cosmic background radiation, redshifts, abundance of lighter elements, etc). There are no leap of faiths in science since most theories are required to be able to predict events (which the big bang theory did, with the examples described above). The question for the big bang theory is no longer, "did it happen?" but rather, "to what extent can we study this phenomenon?"

Faith in science and religion are different. Faith in religion means you continue to believe a position to be true despite no evidence, or even evidence to the contrary. Faith in science is basically you support a theory, but this faith is not absolute because once the theory fails to explain the observation, it must be discarded or modified until it conforms to the evidence. Failure to do so will damage your credibility with the scientific community.

I understand that this episode is not meant to provoke a religion/science debate. The creator stated that it was supposed to be a fun episode with a bunch of gags. I can't really say whether Twilight was out-of-character in this episode or not since she has never called herself a scientist. Rather, she seems to have a specific worldview, and challenges to that worldview upsets her.