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We can handle the world better and solve problems better if we have empirically reliable knowledge about the world
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Science, under the assumption that there is a world independent of my personal beliefs about the world, compromises any and every hypothesis and instrument that adds empirically reliable knowledge of the world by using calibrated research methods in specific domains of phenomena, heuristically informed by coherence and integration.
Science is our most explicit and reliable way of getting to know the world and slowly correct our behavior in light of our goals.
What we learn about the world can promote a more sustainable relation with that world and the organisms we live in. It helps us align what we value with what we learn is valuable
