There is a field of thought that whatever science does not discover, reflects doubt upon the existence of things that have not been discovered or have yet to be discovered. That is to say, there are far too many people, even those of high intelligence who believe that if there isn’t any scientific proof behind a contention or a theory, then whatever that it is, does not exist or is essentially irrelevant. So then, for these people, it is discoveries so made through science, that prove things, and that which remains unproven or undiscovered is seen, at best, as a theorem, yet unproven, and therefore of suspect validity.
Indeed, to limit ourselves to the belief that science determines what is real as compared to what is unreal or a myth, is far too limiting, because not only does science limit itself to what it can see, measure, and theorize about, but science does not do a good job, nor is it the best instrument to do such, when it comes to that which is spiritual in nature, and all that which is similar to that sort of domain. So then, for those who believe in nothing other than what is tangible, or that can be measured or successfully theorized through scientific means, much of all else is considered to be almost irrelevancy.
So too, scientific theories, even those of long-standing, as well as scientific discoveries, along with the meaning of such, are very much subject to change, when new and relevant information thereby comes into play, which heretofore was not given any credence, or simply wasn’t something that had been measured or noted. This thus indicates that science and the discoveries that are made are in certain aspects, in a state of flux, because the certainty of what has been discovered or theorized, is subject to change, when discoveries or new theories that make more sense or are more comprehensive, are discovered. This though doesn’t reflect that science is somehow flawed, but rather that our knowledge is subject to being incomplete, and therefore subject to being changed – in addition to the salient fact that there are unknowns that when they become known, or if they become known, can change our perspective on many a previous discovery.
Because science is ever investigating, and to its credit, willing to change when it receives information that is contrary to a previous belief, we live therefore in a day and age, in which we have not yet discovered everything that is there to be discovered, and therefore to understand everything that needs to be understood. Humankind has a quest to comprehend their place and their meaning in life, and to the degree that science and its discoveries can help in that quest, all to the good. The mistake, though, that can be made, is those that limit themselves to believing that if science cannot prove it, or has not discovered it, or even theorize about it, then this thing cannot or should not exist, which thereby seemingly closes the book -- on a book, that should not be closed, because to believe that science and science alone, answers all questions, is clearly to misunderstand and miscomprehend all that there really is.