Topic > The Importance of Science - 603

Despite its vast field of study, science "will never explain everything" about the universe and human experience. This is what makes science “so useful” as it deliberately creates and forces a gap. This gap allows for discussions to further expand our imperfect map of the land. Our universe and the human experience are a tangled thread, impossible to untie with a single cut. This ultimately makes science "useful" because it knowingly reveals the asymptote of "everything" through falsifications and refutations. While science “will never explain everything,” it has exposed a multitude of mechanisms from “evolution by natural selection to quantum mechanics and Newton’s law of gravitation (Arbesman).” In fact, if science were to explain “everything”, it would not be an effective tool for revealing the asymptote of “everything”. The “provisional nature of science (Schenck)” makes science “so useful” with constant falsifications and refutations of theories. existing Science is simply outlining the vision of our world. So, we can never pro...