Originally Posted by
Argumemnon
If it's not a behaviour of science you've ever encountered, then science isn't doing that, and I don't see what your problem is.
I have no problem, and I was not debating science, I was debating acbytesla.
For the record, materialism is not a scientific term nor is it a scientific concept. It sits squarely in the realms of philosophy. Scientists who declare themselves materialists (an increasingly small number) are simply defining the framework in which they view the world, not aligning themselves with a particular scientific theory.