But in due course, I have come to a different understanding, primarily because so many questions come up that cannot be answered scientifically. And these are questions that science labels meaningless, since there is no way to come to grips with any semblance of a scientific answer. Just as impenetrable to science is the question of the ultimate origin of the universe. Science gains its power by circumscribing its domain and giving scrupulous attention to method. Only when the limitations of science are not respected and its essential character subverted, can science be forced to serve the philosophical purposes of ideological masters such as Nazism, Communism, Creationism or Scientism.
Science is a human invention, developed and refined within a specific cultural tradition.
It is based upon unstated assumptions such as the intelligibility of the universe. Personal and social motivations for doing science and respect for its ethical traditions are prerequisites for. Without a positive world view, no matter how unconsciously held, humans are incapable of living as humans, let alone doing science, and doing it ethically. A universe personally seen as unintelligible, meaningless, or without purpose becomes alien. Inc. All rights reserved.