Originally Posted by D

You seem to have some sort of resentment to science.

In its essence, science exists to benefit knowledge. That's the whole reason it's here... purity in the method of acquiring true knowledge in our paradigm.

We also don't "destroy those theories later," as you put it earlier. Science works on a system of falsification - where a predominant theory exists until it is either disproven by making a prediction that did not come true or until it's expanded on by a more eloquent theory coming along that makes the same predictions the previous theory made and more. Theories -whether they pan out or not - build on knowledge.

The fact that, in science, everything is considered a "theory" alone should tell you a bit about "science" - as _nothing_ is considered definitive.

Until we answer those same enduring philosophical questions that you touched on, nothing can be taken at face value - and, again, in its essence, "Science" accepts that.

It's about knowledge. "Science" accepts there are things that it does not know... which is an important building block to understanding what we can know.