LOL @Viviane I'll take that as you have nothing better to say...and you're saying UC Berkley is wrong by the way....buy hey thx for playin'
Please remain honest. I made no comment on your post from UC Berkeley. I am simply pointing out that your comments, specifically "A good scientist will consider all possibilities not just the ones convenient for him" and "it's all about eliminating the possibilities" are incorrect. That has absolutely nothing to do with the UC Berkeley quote.
From the site you linked to:
- Science is both a body of knowledge and a process. In school, science may sometimes seem like a collection of isolated and staticfacts listed in a textbook, but that's only a small part of the story. Just as importantly, science is also a process of discovery that allows us to link isolated facts into coherent and comprehensive understandings of the natural world.
- Science is exciting. Science is a way of discovering what's in the universe and how those things work today, how they worked in the past, and how they are likely to work in the future. Scientists are motivated by the thrill of seeing or figuring out something that no one has before.
- Science is useful. The knowledge generated by science is powerful and reliable. It can be used to develop new technologies, treat diseases, and deal with many other sorts of problems.
- Science is ongoing. Science is continually refining and expanding our knowledge of the universe, and as it does, it leads to new questions for future investigation. Science will never be "finished."
- Science is a global human endeavor. People all over the world participate in the process of science. And you can too!
Notice there is nothing about eliminating possibilities. If eliminating possibilities were the goal of science, we would be investigating whether or not the Sun were made up of fireflies made up of miniature Shetland ponies made up of teacups. After all, that's a possibility because we may just not have the means to detect it yet.
