[pdonis]

> point at anything near you. It was the result of science.

The result of some particular branches of science where we do, in fact, have reliable knowledge and the ability to make accurate predictions.

But that is very, very different from "science" in general. There are many more fields that are called "sciences" but do not have anything like that kind of reliable knowledge or predictive power. So it's not enough to just say "science"; you have to specify the field, so we know which category it falls into.

[jleyank]

As others have said "If it's not testable it's not science".

[pdonis]

If only everyone applied that rule when deciding what fields to call "sciences".