@Jedigirl it is precisely due to that principal of refutability solely through reason and not feeling that science is able to evolve into now the only system that "works" consistently in all areas it claims it understands (and it doesn't never claims to understand any more than it has evidence for). Even the most religious people would have to resort to science when and if they want to get anything real done. Iran had to rely solely on ("western") science when developing its missile program