Great! Are we going to need a STALKER now?

Exactly. We know what it does, but not what it is. It's very subtle. :-)

I agree completely. Many people have lost the idea that science is not a "point of view" (with its own beliefs and ideology) but a "process" which allows one to arrive at possible answers after investigation and examination of related evidence.

I remember my physics teacher used to tell us "How many people here know what 'gravity' is?" All hands would raise up. He would laugh. Then he would say, in his best "fake surprise" face: "Wow! I must be the only physics professor in the world who has a whole class that knows what gravity is." Half the hands would go down, lots of disturbed faces. "How did I get so lucky to have so many students that know something that no other man in the world knows?" More hands would go down. Puzzled faces everywhere. "So, which one of you would like to explain to me what gravity 'is'?" No hands would remain up. You could hear the crickets. Everyone was just looking at him.

His point was that while we may know the "effects" of gravity, and how objects behave while under the influence of gravity (we have great math to describe it), we have no actual clue what gravity "is". (We merely describe it by what it "does".) He used this point to make sure we understood the difference between "observation of behavior" and "definition of reality". If we run ahead and define our "reality" by its "behavior" we are missing the point altogether. He was a great professor, and a really funny teacher. Later that day he got us all again on "How many people here know what 'light' is?" :-)

I see that all to often when people begin to follow the cult of science, and theories are taken as "laws", and hence definitions of reality, which is altogether backwards. If you then forget that these "laws' were intended to describe observed phenomena, and not define the observed phenomena, then you have come full circle and reversed the definitions you were originally seeking. And if you have observed with faulty instruments, measuring things that you did not understand, and arrived at incorrect conclusions, then you are doubly mistaken.

I don't go too much into discussions of "science" anymore. I've had enough people get violently angry because I would not blindly agree with all that "science" says is right and good in the world, nor would agree to any conclusions without seeing the evidence for myself.

I reserve the right right think for myself.

I got to work on a project for a few months, with a government organization. The previous manager, who had since left his position, was highly abusive, and did not understand the code base. I heard (second hand accounts) about how the organization would hire truck loads of developers, throw them into the project, with no explanation or training, or even time to learn the code base, and expect them to perform from day one. If they did not perform by being able to develop a single app page within their limited time, they would be excoriated by the manager, then summarily released and fired. It was a "code or die" situation. The developers would be in a constant panic, and I heard that several of them broke out in tears from the stress. By the time I got there, there were only five people on the team, but the "fear" in the air was so palpable you could walk into it and break your nose if you weren't watching where you were going. The remaining team was evidently traumatized, and the new manager, the former lead developer, would panic whenever I would attempt to discuss the large database code that needed to be addressed as part of my tasks. It was amazing what a mismanaged structure and fear of losing your job or getting sued can do to the psyche of a human being. I didn't stay there more than four months. That sort of fear, with its entrenched demands for "survival", was extremely damaging. I'd recommend that if you ever run into one, just get out of there. Your sanity and mental health will thank you for it later.