Let me trot out my own $.02 on the issue of "science."
I think "science" describes the way one follows a path of inquiry and can't be judged by the outcome.
You have a point (implied) in the fact that even though one may be attempting to apply scientific principles in seeking answers, if there are flaws in the way they are applied, or the wrong ones are applied, we can hardly call it "science."
So, I would say, whether an inquiry can be called "science" depends upon how well scientific principles are applied in the search. That implies that if one disputes that an exercise qualifies as science, he should be able to point out where intuition, or "educated guesses" have been used in place of scientific principles, or that scientific principles one attempted to apply were incorrect or incorrectly applied, OR -- the failure I think I see more often than these -- using scientific principles in the search, but drawing conclusions not scientifically (objectively) supported by the data.
Whaddaya say?
.....let Me give You...your $.03 change from Your nickel.....
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....very well said !!!!!!........
.....I believe most decisions that People make are based on...a compiling of evidences (pieces of a puzzle).......that they have either experienced......or believe to be true........
......the problem is when You start to put together the 1,000 piece puzzle based upon the picture on the box......a landscape lets say....
......then You finish assembling it......and there are 47 pieces left over.....leaving You with a Portrait of Abe Lincoln......do You claim Victory....and kick the left-overs under the couch ?.....
......or do You.....start again....and this time You don't clip and re-paint the pieces to fit ?......
.......Science and Fact....should never Compete...they should....always Compliment....
...if You say........"I can shoot
a ball straight in and using side spin.....force the CB to bend to my command"..........and I see You do it....it has to be...Fact........
.....because my 5 senses are the USB ports to my Brain......."I've got to see, hear, feel, smell or taste it"......in order to believe it......
......I was playing a guy in a Tourney once........during his Case Game......He told Me that I fouled....I argued that I never saw the ball move....He argued that He heard the bad hit.......(tie goes to the runner).....I ran-out.........now it's...hill...hill.........
.......I was looking away from the table (a no! no!)...and I heard the hit on the balls.......I turned back around to see them...moving just as I had predicted..........so, I broke down my stick...shook his hand....and Congratulated him on the Win......He gave Me a....look of question......all I said was......"I believe You heard the Foul"......."good Match".....