[RandomThoughts3]

I think both are wrong.

Science has a word encompasses a broad variety of definitions and practices. The philosophical question of the relationship of empiricism to truth (because fundamentally the question has more to do with the relationship between observations and deductions than science in itself) is a complex one and overall of little interest to actual practitioners of science. It can’t easily be subsumed in broad aphorisms.

I would hazard that most modern sciences - and physics especially - are nowadays mostly concerned about building models and the resulting predictions. The question then often becomes: does the tool I have built allow me to correctly predict how observations will unfold? The answer to which is often more shades of grey than simply yes or no.