[Skybird]

Religion claims stuff that cannot be tested, and says that's the truth. Its stuck with unproven and unprovable claims. Blindly believing these is declared as a virtue and a stregnth. I believe it is an intentional short circuit in the intellect to save mental battery power.

Science, as Cat said, tests an explanation, and fully understands that all explanations are only temporary. There is probably not one single scientific theory that has stood the test of time. Its always about the best way that current knowledge allows observations to be sorted in categories that we ourselves have developed and imaginaed. And observation as well as knowledge is always limited. We never observe a reality of the last instance, the "real" reality - we always only observe reality that got exposed to our subjective way to ask questions about irt. Science does not claim eternal truths. We interpret reality only, but we do not directly see it via our science.

But today we live in what I would call already post-scientific times. Science fundamentally, in almost all branches, is deeply corrupted by special interest and economic profit-oriented lobbying. Its basic working principles thus get intentionally deconstructed. Makes me very angry.

Beyond that, I always keep a famous quote by Mr. Spock on mind: "Logic is the beginning of all wisdom, but not its end." I think there is no hope for insight and understanding if this is not understood on a very deep level. Its more than just a fancy humorous joke.