Honorable Forum: What with all the discussion of science in the last year, I thought I would just throw in this definition, originally written by Richard Feynman (published) in 1953, and quoted as follows in "Richard Feynman: A Life in Science" by John and Mary Gribbin:
"Science is a way to teach how something gets known, what is not known, to what extent things ARE known (for nothing is known absolutely), how to handle doubt and uncertainty, what the rules of evidence are, how to think about things so that judgements [sic] can be made, how to distinguish truth from fraud, from show . . . in learning science you learn to handle by trial and error, to develop a spirit of invention and of free inquiry which is of tremendous value far beyond science. One learns to ask oneself: 'Is there a better way to do it?'" I don't see "opinion" or "position" in there . . . Happy New Year!
