Science has been one of the greatest factors in developing the world as we know it and without it, our lives would have been extremely difficult by today's standards. Scientific discoveries have overwhelmed us with amazing knowledge about many aspects of nature, life and the universe.
The importance of seeing the whole picture of existence as we know it has been the main focus of many great philosophers in different time periods throughout history. Science - as great as it is - fail to provide a coherent understanding of our existence and to answer the philosophical questions man is inspired to have. That in my opinion is the result of logically misusing science. A lot of people today use science as a reference to decide what is fact or fiction and what is true or false. That is the main logical mistake that causes most of the debates about life and existence. What science provides are discoveries and these discoveries can later be proved wrong by science in a later time. The changing nature of scientific discoveries proves that science is not a reference; it is tool that helps us in discovering new things and saves us time and energy when conducting a research. Understanding this idea about science removes most of the debates that it produces.
Science can't prove anything that can't be sensed by the 5 senses like the real identity of former scientists that even their existence can only be proven by their work they left us (clue). Research papers as a clue can only prove that somebody wrote them but not their true identity. The lack of evidence leads us inevitably to the dependence on clues which considered as a weaker proof than direct evidence.
Atheists for example base their non-belief in the existence of God on the lack of evidence yet using the same logic, they can't prove they have rational thinking minds because of the lack of evidence of the same level. If they use the outcome of their minds like rational behavior as an evidence for the existence of their minds, they used a clue not evidence. If they accepted the use of clues as evidence, they necessarily have to accept the existence of God because it is based on clues of the same level. This is just logically speaking.
It seems that the main cause of any problem starts with the mismeasurement of something and giving it more or less estimation than it really is. The same thing applies to science; considering it a reference is a mismeasurement. Using it as a tool is the right way to go about it.
About the author:
Alshereda was an A-student in high school and graduated as the highest in the literature class of 2005 from Abdullah Alotaibi High School. He wrote a booklet called: "It is not a problem unless you see it as one" in English. He was planning to sell it on Amazon but eventually he decided to upload it for free. Alshereda characterizes himself as "conservative" but he rarely discusses politics in the media
