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Originally Posted by TimMason
Blakemore's answer is similar to Beppe's: science cannot describe everything. On the other hand, she believes that it is capable of *explaining* everything.
Are scientists even interested in describing everything? Perhaps they are interested in describing as well as possible those bits of reality that test their theories.
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Hi Tim,
I consider describe and explaining as synonymous in this contest.
Again a casual use of the word everything.
Testing theories is just one of the many aspects of science.
Theory development is just one of the many aspects of science.