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Can other things prove with genuine evidence what science cannot?

Q: There are many things that science can't prove, but why do we still choose science rather than others?

Krishna: Okay, can those “others” ‘prove’ anything that science still can’t?

Science has two aspects to it. (1)

One: The principles with which this universe came into existence (to atheists) or created (to theists) and run by it.

Two: The process with which we study this universe.

People usually take only the second one into consideration, not the first one while dealing with this aspect. But the truth is, without scientific principles, this universe in which we live, wouldn't have come into existence in the first place. Only when the scientific principles-based universe came into existence, the consequences like galaxies, stars, planets, origin of life, its evolution, human beings and finally their religions and other things became a reality.

These scientific principles are the basis for everything in this universe. It is the reality and a fact.

Now the second one: Science-The process with which we study this universe. When what we find tallies with the scientific principles of this universe, then they become scientific facts.

Agreed, science cannot solve all the problems and doesn't answer all the questions human minds pose right now. But think about this: This universe started with a Big Bang (according to one theory - which is not yet proved!) some 14 billion years ago. But science is just a few hundred years old.

The universe in which we find ourselves is about 14,000,000,000 years old, planet Earth is about 5,000,000,000 years old, the species Homo sapiens, to which we belong, 300,000 years old, and modern science a mere 500 years old (all approximate, not exact years).

Science (the process with which we try to study and understand this universe) is still in its infancy. It has to learn a lot, study a lot, think a lot, experiment a lot and then only it can come up with all the answers we are seeking right now. How can you expect a child to solve all the problems of his ancestors? And answer the questions posed by his great, great, great, great grandfathers? Is it appropriate to even expect such a thing? I don't think so.

There is science (the laws that govern this universe) every millimeter and Angstrom of this universe. And the universe is unimaginably vast! But the scientists are so few! How can the limited number of scientists read the language this universe is written in such a short time?

Moreover, there are more pressing problems like saving lives, more food production for the ever-increasing population. We can’t waste our time on less important ones. But we get ridiculed for our choices of problems!

We should be amazed at how we have been able to get so far in understanding the things in this universe despite our inadequacies! Science is doing its best with the limited resources it has to both answer the questions and solve the problems. As the time goes by, I am pretty sure, it will succeed more and more. Please have patience! Give science some time. (2)

It is not easy to establish facts by showing evidence. It takes a lot of time and very hard work.

Meanwhile, don’t try to bring untested and unverified imaginative things to fill the gaps. Just Imagination is easy, but very unreliable.

If there is anything that can establish facts in a correct way by overcoming all human inadequacies, it is science and only science. That is why we choose it over others.