Science stuff

Science is not simply a body of facts. Science is not simply technology. Science is not simply the scientific method. Perhaps more than anything, science is a way of thinking about the world. It is a way of relating to nature. It is a search for for the relationships that make our world what it is. It is a belief that nature is not capricious but instead operates by consistent, explicable, inviolate rules. It is a collection of ideas about how the univers works, coupled with an acceptance of hte fact that what is known today may be superseded tomorrow. THe scientist's faith is that there is an order in the universe and that the human mind is capable of grasping the essence of the rules underlying that order-or at least of inventing ever better approximations to those rules. The scientist's creed is the nature, through observation and experiment, is the final arbiter of the only thing worthy of the term objective truth. Science is an exquisite blend of aesthetics and practicality. And in the final analysis, science has found such a central place in our civilization because science works.