The definition of science: What should it be?

As a side note--there's a difference between stupidity and ignorance. You just happen to be ignorant about what evolution is, or some of the other stuff (like the definition of science). I don't think you're stupid.Ignorance can be altered, stupidity cannot (as far as I know).
If you are willing to learn about things you do not know, then you are not stupid, just in a moment of ignorance.Stupidity is like refusing to accept that the earth is round, or that jumping off of a thousand foot cliff without a bungee or parachute is good for you (that came out wrong. That last clause means that the stupid person thinks that doing that activity is good for you, which isn't evident the way I wrote it).In the end, you seem to be willing to learn, from all your posts that I've read. Would that I could say the same for some (like a certain person who refuses to debate with me in the Showcase forum)

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All a man's knowledge comes from his experiences

No true scientist will find it disappointing that science is not a "truth", in that anything in science can be absolute. However, when you say: The science theories are based on the facts we see around us. Fact, there is a huge variety of life on earth. Fact, this life changes. Theory--evolution explains these facts.Fact, a more dense mass attracts less dense objects.
Theory--newtonian gravity explains why these facts are. However, theory of general relativity does a better job, and is current gravity theory. It soon may be string or M, but I'm no physicist, so ask them.While the facts may not change (but some do, like the age of earth--it was once a fact that it was no more than 12000 yrs, now it is a fact that it's roughly 4.5 by old.), theories can and do.These theories are also not assumptions--well, not the scientific ones at any rate.ABE: I can't type. It should be "not a truth", not "a truth" in the first sentence.Edited by kuresu, : I can't type

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All a man's knowledge comes from his experiences

Percy never himself says that science seeks the unachievable truth. He states that others think of science in that manner. he finds it more like an attempt to best explain the world around us. You've apparently never heard of putting up a good fight, huh? I may never be able to change the fuel economy to one based off of hydrogen, but you know what, I'm still going to try. And even though science will most likely never figure everything out, it's still worth the journey of trying to.one last note: The only people who truly think that science is the truth, or is seeking for the truth, are people who aren't too familiar with the more basic concepts of science--what may look like a "truth" today in science could well be a different "truth" tomorrow. The perfect example would be the fat crisis in America, and all the conflicting studies. First its true that this is good, and then it is bad, and another thing is good, but then its bad. The best solution is excercise and diet, but even that is not a "truth" in science.

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All a man's knowledge comes from his experiences

Odd, I don't see how I'm advancing your position?

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All a man's knowledge comes from his experiences

I find it quite typical that whenever we say stuff along crash's line, that the creationists (and others, no doubt) throw out Hitler and other despots who killed a lot of people, because they were supposedly "being" "objective", and "scientific". If Hitler was so damn smart then why didn't he allow "judenpysic" (or whatever it's spelled).

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All a man's knowledge comes from his experiences

Only for those naturalists with a skewed view of what "survival of the fittest" means. Hitler took it the wrong way.See, humans thrive off of being social, and part of being social is having a set of rules, standards, morals. You want to keep the people who . . .well, screw it. You're gonna take it the wrong way if I type this. Point is, there is no moral dilemma for naturalists in regards to evolution--that is, for those who properly understand it.

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All a man's knowledge comes from his experiences