Writer's Block: Proven by Science
Yes. However, the explanation is limited to the truth of science and its application. For ages, men have thought that their science was pure, intact, and correct. It has been repeatedly proven incorrect. Even revolutinary ideas that lead man to uncover more scientific "truths" have been disproven by later generations. Science is as much of an argumentive cauldron as philosophy/religion. Take the science of archeology with the dinosaurs for example: We have been told the gospel unrefuted truth of the age dinosaurs, their nature as a species, and their extinction for nearly 100 years, yet newer discoveries and theories have trashed those. T-rex did not stand erect but ran parallel to the ground. Dinosaurs were warm blooded and had more in common with birds than reptiles as opposed to being cold blooded lizards as per previous depictions. Archeology, medicine, engineering, physics -- something will be overturned because "the math was wrong" or some other discovery makes the former approach invalid or archaic.
Such inevitable hiccups of the universe explain the rationale of faith and religion in human society. They are "frog DNA" to quote the movie Jurassic Park -- they fill the gap of knowledge and understanding to allow us to accomplish things when our intelligence hits a wall and thus allows us to progress around that block.
Back to the answer... yes, science can answer everything. That does not mean that the answer will be right, but we will give it credence. ...until it is proven wrong and we then adhere to new science... It really does sound a lot like religion, which makes sense because science is interpreted by humans with all of our flaws of thinking, but listening to the rabid enthusiasm of many scientists, science * IS * their religion. Heck, the biggest religious fanatics I have encountered have been those of atheists crusading to prove religion false, paranormal enthusiasts, and cryptozoologist fanatics seeking to prove their theories valid, always using "science" as the cornerstone of their explanations. Science is as subject to the problems of interpretation and planning as any other approach of thinking.
Such inevitable hiccups of the universe explain the rationale of faith and religion in human society. They are "frog DNA" to quote the movie Jurassic Park -- they fill the gap of knowledge and understanding to allow us to accomplish things when our intelligence hits a wall and thus allows us to progress around that block.
Back to the answer... yes, science can answer everything. That does not mean that the answer will be right, but we will give it credence. ...until it is proven wrong and we then adhere to new science... It really does sound a lot like religion, which makes sense because science is interpreted by humans with all of our flaws of thinking, but listening to the rabid enthusiasm of many scientists, science * IS * their religion. Heck, the biggest religious fanatics I have encountered have been those of atheists crusading to prove religion false, paranormal enthusiasts, and cryptozoologist fanatics seeking to prove their theories valid, always using "science" as the cornerstone of their explanations. Science is as subject to the problems of interpretation and planning as any other approach of thinking.