HDER Chapter 1 Chapter 1 - Science, Religion, Creation and Evolution 1. Science is a human activity in which people look carefully at things in the world to learn more about them. New information is discovered by means of careful observation, measurement and controlled experiments.
Scientists also imagine theories to explain what they observe.
Then they make more observations and experiments to test their theories. If a theory is designed so there is no possibility to test it and prove it false, even if it is false, it is not a scientific theory. It is a theory of philosophy or religion. Science cannot discover absolute truth because science is always changing. Any scientific finding or theory may be discarded or revised tomorrow or a hundred years from now.