Science has cured diseases, mapped the brain, forecasted the climate, and split the atom; it’s the best method we have of figuring out how the universe works and of bending it to our will. It is, in other words, our best way of moving towards the truth. Of course, we might never fully get there – a glance at history shows how hubristic it is to claim any facts as absolute or unchanging. For ratcheting our way towards better knowledge about the world, though, the methods of science are as good as it gets.
