Science isn't Perfect

I get tired of people like Bill Maher, who hold up science as the answer to everything. Science can be bastardized so easily.

Scientific bandwagons abound. For example, there are other theories as to why the dinosaurs became extinct, but have you heard of them? The asteroid theory has become politically acceptable and to dispute it leads to ridicule from the media and other scientists. This happens a great deal in the scientific world.

Funding has a big influence on scientific research. The results of research can be slanted, because of the influence of the financial backer. You hear of major car companies funding car safety studies. If the big three are paying your salary, you are going to be awfully tempted to give them the results they want.

Also, research can be stretched out or delayed or results slanted so that more funding can be requested. It is amazing how a lot of grants are for a period of five years. I wonder how that research would turn out if the researchers were told that they were only receiving funding for five years and not another dime after that.

Of course, all scientific research is open to interpretation. What do the results mean?

Then there are statistics which can be played with and manipulated like a magician with a deck of cards.

Scientific theories abound, as well. Some can be proven using clear cut scientific guidelines, but others are pure speculation.

I am not against science and scientists. I revere Stephen Hawking, Michael Green, Richard Feynman and others who have shown us the intricacies of our world and the universe. I am just saying that to say that it isn't perfect and to say that the end all of everything is absurd.