Hartreefoch
Yes science is self correcting....one death at a time.
Every significant advancement has been called heresy and vigorously opposed by the establishment then in power. "Those who already know everything about everything".
"All truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed; Second it is violently opposed; Third it is accepted as being self-evident." Shopenhauer.
It wasn't that long ago in our history that we "knew" that the earth was flat and vehicles heavier than air cannot fly.
Science like Religion is based on faith. Faith in the theories of the past, of the authority of the current priesthood. Look at how evolution clings to our idea of the world even though it has long been shown to be inadequate.
Rational thinking is not always what it seems. Often the truth does not seem rational at the time it is discovered because the paradigm of the observer is insufficiently developed to understand the concept. Imagine taking a CD player back in time 100 years. At one time the idea of flying an airplane was irrational.
You speak of what "experiments reveal" but fail to mention the conflicting results they often divulge because of the consciousness affecting the experiment and the agenda of the person attempting to prove his pet theory, the next big drug, etc. Data fabrication in science is rampant and has been for some time.
I don't see science as "know(ing) the weaknesses of our current paradigm and we are working full speed to take the next step of discovering even deeper theories of
Nature." All one has to do is look at the holy grail of Relativity and the patch work that continues to be made of it to explain evidence that doesnt fit. Dark matter, Higgs Bosons, Super String, are all attempts at evading evidence that does not fit the evidence we have available.
Being objective and fair in science doesn't do much good if you want to keep your grant money flowing in. Step too far out of line and the system knocks you around till you fall back in line or are booted out of the club completely.
I am curious as to where you developed this extremely idealistic perception of how science operates? While it may sound good in theory it is not what happens in practice. Drug companies pay to have studies "prove" their drug works, NASA scientists corrupt and hide data from their missions so people don't see the wrong things, Government employed scientists decide what drugs people should be given in the water supply against their will and often without their knowledge. Doctors decide that we must be inject healthy people with virii and bacteria in order to protect them. In truth we are still selling snake oil, bloodletting and using leaches to extract the evil blood we carry.
if science were fair there would be no such thing as a outrageous theory. All ideas would be welcome and encouraged because the biggest advances didn't come from the people who were toiling away with things we already knew to be true. It was the people who dared to say, "what if". Now those people are druged and suppressed in schools and forced to conform. Molded into good little robots who don't question things and don't think for themselves.
This needs to change if science is ever to become what you suggest that it is. but that means overhauling the system and getting rid of the way we do things now. it means being proactive about your health rather than living on drugs and quick symptom fixes. It means using the best technology we have rather than the easiest, cheapest we have. It means allowing all ideas in the arena of discussion and not clinging to our old understandings.
The second a scientist thinks he has it figured out, is the second he needs to go back to the drawing board.
