Primarily, the control of the unpredictable driven by the fear of the unknown. Those who pursue answers are known as scientists . The main occupation of a scientist is problem solving with the goal of understanding the Universe. Science is founded on the hope that the world is rational in all its observable aspects. Its possible that there may be some facets of reality which lie beyond the power of human reasoning, that there may be things with explanations that we could never grasp, or no explanation at all, but the fact that the world is rational is connected with the fact that it is ordered.
Science is also a dialogue between mankind and Nature.
Science is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge, but it provides something that other philosophies fail to, concrete results. Science does not, by itself, advocate courses of human action, but it can certainly illuminate the possible consequences of alternative courses. In this regard, science is both imaginative and disciplined, which is central to its power of prediction. In general, a science involves a pursuit of knowledge covering general truths or the operations of fundamental laws of nature . Science is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge, but it provides something that other philosophies often fail to provide, concrete results.