SCIENCE a consistantly REPEATABLE series of FACTS

In school the standard advice is: If you don't know the answer Go with your first "hunch." Yah, this IS there is no "science" to it.

Perhaps, you will consider my oldest of mentors OCCAM and his RAZOR "one should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything."

Occam's razor is a logical thought process attributed to the mediaeval philosopher "William of Occam" who was banished by the then sitting Pope. The principle states that "one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed." This principle is often called the principle of parsimony. It underlies all scientific modelling and theory building.

FORTUNATELY, it makes the world of "FOLK" NOT FALL in the world of SCIENCE!!