They have no understanding for the inherent and insurmountable limitations of science
Science is the discipline of publicly testing ideas via systematic observation, controlled experiment, and Bayesian inference.
Notice there is no limit on the nature of the ideas. Anyone who says "science only deals with matter" is saying "I don't understand science."
Science is a discipline, a practice, not a method or a specific body of knowledge. The practice of the discipline of science is our only means of producing new knowledge and discarding old knowledge.
So I'm not sure what these inherent limitations you're talking about are. If and idea can't be tested by systematic observation, controlled experiment or Bayesian inference then it must be an idea that has no consequences of any kind, which is to say: an idea that is boring. Otherwise, if it has consequences, it can be tested using the discipline of science, and some Bayesian statement made regarding its plausibility.
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Science is the discipline of publicly testing ideas via systematic observation, controlled experiment, and Bayesian inference.
Notice there is no limit on the nature of the ideas. Anyone who says "science only deals with matter" is saying "I don't understand science."
Science is a discipline, a practice, not a method or a specific body of knowledge. The practice of the discipline of science is our only means of producing new knowledge and discarding old knowledge.
So I'm not sure what these inherent limitations you're talking about are. If and idea can't be tested by systematic observation, controlled experiment or Bayesian inference then it must be an idea that has no consequences of any kind, which is to say: an idea that is boring. Otherwise, if it has consequences, it can be tested using the discipline of science, and some Bayesian statement made regarding its plausibility.