Science theory is a subdiscipline of ethics

Here you finally admit the way you really think. You have concluded in advance that the Srimad Bhagavad-gita is truth, and that anything that contradicts it must be explained away by hook or by crook. It is not surprising, then, that you callously accuse hundreds of thousands of scientists of having done the exact same thing: you're projecting, because you have never even imagined that anyone would actually think in a scientific way.

... you admit that you only pretend to engage in science – that the goal for you is not better understanding of the subject matter of science, but "to achieve the ultimate goal of the human form of life"! The outer appearance of science is just a means to a completely different end to you! Here, too, it is not surprising that you callously accuse hundreds of thousands of scientists of having done the exact same thing: you're projecting your own goal-oriented thinking onto everyone else, because you have never even imagined that anyone would actually think in a scientific way.

Please don't get me wrong. If you believe you know what ultimate goal of the human form of life is, and how to achieve it, by all means do so and tell us about it! I'll be honestly happy for you! But it would be a fundamental misunderstanding to believe that science tries to achieve any such goal. The goal of science is to better understand its subject matter (which I like to call "reality" as possibly distinct from "truth"); no less, no more. Don't pretend to pursue that goal when you're actually pursuing a quite different one. You would only continue to confuse people – including, evidently, yourself.

Of course not many scientists are _only_ scientists, _only_ insterested in the goal of science. Many believe in political or religious ideologies and hope to use the understanding they gain through science to further the goals of these ideologies. As an almost trivial example, a noticeable number of scientists have been (and of course some are today) Christians who hoped that their research in the sciences of nature, of Creation, would give them greater insight into the Creator. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this kind of thing. But the moment you assume you _already have_ that greater insight into the Creator and deduce from it that anything in science which appears to contradict this insight must be explained away by hook or by crook – that moment you are no longer a scientist, you're no longer doing science.

Be honest with yourself. Science is the application of science theory, and science theory is a subdiscipline of ethics – the ethics of belief.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Ethics_of_Belief

David Marjanovic

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