Often when I get into intractable arguments like this, it turns out in the end that the disagreement boils down to differing definitions of a specific word. In this case, I suspect it is 'philosophy'. Merriam Webster has a few definitions, of which 'pursuit of wisdom' would probably satisfy those lumping science in with philosophy. On the other hand, 'a search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means' would tend to exclude science.

It probably doesn't matter in this forum which definition you use; what matters most on the internet is that the other guy is wrong. (And if you think I'm talking about you, I'm not. It's the other guy who's actually wrong. We are right-on here. Yes sir! Go us. we rock.

It's a measurement of a property of some (yet unknown) material whose thermal insulation properties are somehow linked to it's inductance: "Crank up the insulator coils; there's a cold front coming soon."

The recovered energy would partly come from the wasted energy of people slapping their feet against the floor. Currently, there is a lot of energy being dissipated in shoe soles and the lower leg. The widespread use of padded shoe soles (i.e. running shoes) demonstrates that there is some extra energy that needs to be dissipated somewhere, for the comfort of the pedestrian.