Another limitation of science is the fact it can’t tell you the purpose of anything. This is also known as teleology, for those of you who are more philosophically-inclined.
Why do we breathe? Why does blood flow throughout our bodies? Why is the earth perfectly distanced from the sun? Why is the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere just so?
The answer: so we can live.
The problem: science can’t give you that answer.
Science can tell you what happens when you breathe in and out (oxygen is absorbed and carbon dioxide is released). Science can tell you what happens when blood circulates (oxygen is given and waste is collected). Science can tell… never mind, you get the picture.
Science can’t answer the why (purposes, goals) of anything, but it can answer the what and the how. The fact of the matter is that you will have to look elsewhere (theology and philosophy) for these answers.
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