There are many types of science: gentleman scientist science, govt. funded competitive grant science, commercial R&D science, tobacco company science...

They all have different incentives which influences how the science is conducted.

Okay, what is science?

I like the definition that Carl Sagan presented on Cosmos:

> It is, so far, entirely a human invention, evolved by natural selection in the cerebral cortex for one simple reason: it works. It is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing, applicable to everything. It has two rules. First: there are no sacred truths; all assumptions must be critically examined; arguments from authority are worthless. Second: whatever is inconsistent with the facts must be discarded or revised.

Feels to me as if to you science means "Be truthful."

Am I missing something?

It is less about truth, more about the process of trying to find it.

Think we agree, just semantics at this point and me trying to simplify the expression. Thanks!

He can't tell because he is a human