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That is an overly broad and useless definition. ... Is science any knowledge? If science is knowledge, then knowledge is science. Is the knowledge that you got out of bed this morning science? Is knowledge of what is written in the Bible science?
Science is a
system of acquiring knowledge using the scientific method. The term "science" can generally refer to the organized body of knowledge people have gained using that system (i.e. "scientific knowledge"), but merely saying that
"science is knowledge" says nothing meaningful.
Science includes real knowledge.
Not merely "tentative" knowledge
Real knowledge about how the world works is tentative. This is because we never have all of the facts. We base our knowledge on the
available evidence, which will always be less than the entire possible body of evidence. We can never know what kind of discoveries the future will bring that might modify our current body of scientific knowledge. It would be quite naive to think otherwise. Therefore,
real scientific knowledge is always tentative.
Depends on what u mean by "absolute."
For instance, i absolutely know that if i cut myself now, i'll bleed
I'm talking about our scientific understanding about how things work. Our theories might explain things pretty well for a while, then, perhaps a century later, new evidence leads scientists to formulate even better theories that account for more detailed observations.
We can't even know with
100% certainty that the laws of physics today will be the same laws of physics tomorrow. We can feel pretty confident that the laws will
probably be the same tomorrow. But, in order to boldly claim 100% certainty, we would have to have access to 100% percent of the possible knowledge about the universe. This we will never have.
To the contrary: science, knowledge, includes real knowledge.
Not merely theories
Again, real scientific knowledge is tentative. ... "Mere" theories?
In everyday use, the word "theory" often means an untested hunch, or a guess without supporting evidence. But for scientists, a theory has nearly the opposite meaning.
A theory is a well-substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can incorporate laws, hypotheses and facts. The theory of gravitation, for instance, explains why apples fall from trees and astronauts float in space. Similarly, the theory of evolution explains why so many plants and animals—some very similar and some very different—exist on Earth now and in the past, as revealed by the fossil record.
A theory not only explains known facts; it also allows scientists to make predictions of what they should observe if a theory is true.
Scientific theories are testable. New evidence should be compatible with a theory. If it isn't, the theory is refined or rejected. The longer the central elements of a theory hold—the more observations it predicts, the more tests it passes, the more facts it explains—the stronger the theory.
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If some "scientists" were honest or diligent: they'd consider that possibility beforehand
Scientists are only human. Most scientists do consider that possibility. ... Do you allow for the possibility that
your knowledge is flawed regarding evolution and abiogenesis? Or are you in possession of unchanging absolute knowledge regarding those topics?
Faith is the conviction of things not seen.
Which means not that it's not "evidence," but means that it's unseen
The conviction that something is true, without having seen any evidence that it is true, is not a rational conviction.
Genuine faith, like some knowledge, can be absolute. Such as the presence of the sun. Or blood under my skin.
Are you 100% certain that the laws of physics as we know them today will never change? ... If your answer is yes, then your view is not scientific.
U may neither have ever experienced faith (per the Bible),
nor yet know what it is
I once had faith in the Bible. Fortunately, I recovered my reasoning skills.
To the contrary: God's neither nothing,
nor magic
According to your fairy tales and superstitions.
To the contrary: expansion's "more stuff." Regardless where it came from
More stuff from
some stuff would be expansion.
Stuff from
no stuff is not expansion. It is *POOf*!
