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Do we believe in science, and how much do we believe it?
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... Do we believe in science, and how much do we believe it? Is there something else out there that may help the human race in understanding the world and the purpose of our existence. So far Science is the best known way to satisfy mans desire to understand, and therefore has a dominative effect on our lives, effecting the way we think, the way we talk, the way we behave and the way we construe life. It puts forward reason and explanations for that are considered just and probable, but it also has its flaws in that there is always some ambiguity, but just as much as other areas of belief, having no evidence in proving itself or its argument right. This question being addressed branches out to many possible meanings and can be interpreted many ways. The word 'proves' can imply many things in which are broken into two definitions,
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