And there is no lack of clarity in my definition of science. Yours is too broad.

Accurate is important. My definition is a direct hit on the enemy’s base; yours takes out the whole town.

Too much is included in your definition that is not necessarily science. Science isn’t just the process of knowing; science isn’t looking at something that is objective and assimilating it into our consciousness. That is mere observation.

Science is TESTING THOSE OBSERVATIONS. Aka DISCERNING what can be known (i.e. fact verification). Your definition is just the meaning of the root words as if that has ever been the full meaning of two combined roots. No, that’s not how word formation works. Combining roots creates a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts; science as a concept has always meant discerning through testing what can be claimed to be objectively true.

And there is no lack of clarity in my definition of science. Yours is too broad.

Accuracy is important. My definition is a direct hit on the enemy’s base; yours takes out the whole town.

Too much is included in your definition that is not necessarily science. Science isn’t just the process of knowing; science isn’t looking at something that is objective and assimilating it into our consciousness. That is mere observation.

Science is TESTING THOSE OBSERVATIONS. Aka discerning what can be known (i.e. fact verification). Your definition is just the meaning of the root words as if that has ever been the full meaning of two combined roots. No, that’s not how word formation works. Combining roots creates a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts; science as a concept has always meant discerning through testing what can be claimed to be objectively true.

And there is no lack of clarity in my definition of science. Yours is too broad.

Accurate is important. My definition is a direct hit on the enemy’s base; yours takes out the whole town.

Too much is included in your definition that is not necessarily science. Science isn’t just the process of knowing; science isn’t looking at something that is objective and assimilating it into our consciousness. That is mere observation.

Science is TESTING THOSE OBSERVATIONS. Aka discerning what can be known (i.e. fact verification). Your definition is just the meaning of the root words as if that has ever been the full meaning of two combined roots. No, that’s not how word formation works. Combining roots creates a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts; science as a concept has always meant discerning through testing what can be claimed to be objectively true.

And there is no lack of clarity in my definition of science. Yours is too broad.