SCIENCE - Principles of Science

This post is addressed to those who are anti-science OR for the more open minded who do not understand science.  The following is from a college course I am taking addressing Science Literacy.

• "Theory" in science results from something that has been repeatably tested (modeled), by many people, and with repeatable results, for a significant period.  One, two, or a few tests will not do.

• The laws that govern the behavior of things in the universe are discoverable (via the senses) in a quantitatively measurable way.  Quantitative = Descriptions of events that ARE based on numerical quantities.

• The laws of science are uniform; they are the same everywhere in the universe.

• The laws of science are invariant, they do not change in time.

• The laws of science are relatively simple.

• The laws of science are objective, rather than subjective; the validity of science does not depend on the voice of authority, that is, who is doing the science.  The only recognized authority is the behavior of nature (particularly in carefully measured experiments).  Science is also objective in the following sense, the laws are believed to have a reality that is independent of any observers.

• Scientific models (tests) generally evolve as experiments improve, and may be overthrown at a later time. This is why scientists always qualify their theories.

• Part of what scientists ALWAYS do is they question EVERYTHING, even their own theories.  This is what gives rise to the (mistaken) view of 'arguments' in science as seen by the non-scientific community.