Benjamin Berk: Topic 7: Are There Limits to Science?

	Science is inherently 
limitless.  There will always 
be something smaller or 
something larger to study and 
to observe.  Things can be 
infinitely small and infinitely 
large.  There will always be 
things one step beyond the 
current understanding of the 
universe, but this does not 
imply that the next thing will 
never be understood.  In other 
words, while science does not 
have all the answers to every 
question at a given time, over 
infinite time, there will always 
be infinite questions and 
infinite answers.
	At one point in time, for 
example, the atom did not yet 
exist in the minds of scientists.  
It was beyond 
comprehension.  It had not yet 
been discovered.  At one 
point answers to questions 
which involved these small 
pieces of matter were thought 
to be impossible to answer.  A 
limit to science was 
perceived.  
	But ultimately technology 
was created, and knowledge 
was gained, that would allow 
scientists to answer these 
questions.  And these 
questions created new ones.
	Every answer in science 
will lead to a new question.  
And every question will lead 
to a new answer, therefore 
creating infinite recursion.
	Group 7 did a great job 
describing the divergent 
views on the limits of science.  
Their use of case studies to 
explore actual applications of 
the theories was well done.  
They clearly defined the 
views and allowed the 
audience to come to their own 
conclusions.