Many are loath to reject a reality beyond naturalism, and many feel that the solution to the major problems of society lie beyond the simple approach of a naturalistic technocracy. The philosopher Alfred North Whitehead touched on the issue when he pointed out that scientists whose purpose is to show that they are purposeless form an interesting subject for study. Naturalism poses some serious questions. Normal caution would preclude such conclusions. Without question, science is the best system devised by man for obtaining truth about nature, and in this area it has been eminently successful.
Science often deals with very tangible aspects of reality.
We cannot use the readily demonstrable as an excuse for denying the existence of the less demonstrable. Many areas of experience point to a reality beyond the purely naturalistic. The mention of words such as love, purpose, duty, concern, loyalty, morality, beauty, or religion suggests the inadequacies of pure naturalism. Free will, which most admit they possess to some degree, has no place in naturalistic explanations that are based on simple cause and effect instead of free choice. Educational institutions play a significant part in establishing the pattern of thought in society.