Mike375 - I've tried to ask this in a previous reply post, but I think it might be better a standalone question...
It seems like you have objected to the scientific method, on the grounds that it doesn't guarantee certainty
As I understand it, the method consists of:
1-Observe something
2-Try to invent an explanation
3-Test your explanation by trying to use it to predict something not in the original observation, attack your explanation with possible objections and exceptions, etc
4-Modify your explanation so that it accommodates the original observation, plus all the new data, or discard it entirely and formulate a new one that fits
5-Keep going back to step 3
This process never expects to get to a point where it stops, satisfied that it has the right answer. It does not provide absolute certainty, nor promise to - it consists of the determined effort to approach the truth as closely as possible.
What do you think of this? Can you suggest a better, more useful alternative?