Yup. Science is open ended because as observations change, so do the accompanying facts and theories. It's honest. Having honesty fairly beaten into me as kid growing up Baptist, I rather like science, as it suits my moral training. Anytime a belief, practice, system, or whatever, becomes frozen in dogma it slowly becomes obsolete and is eventually left behind. Not that religions, cultures, laws, etc., don't change over time, they all do, but they're slow and resistant to change. Science is on the move, ready for change, and is therefore very usefull. If ethical experts (jurists) would become a bit more scientific and less dogmatic our social world could improve by leaps and bounds.
On the other hand maybe it's good, rich, and fulfills some unseen function to have frilly, silly, antiquated social structures and dogmas around. Better than living on planet Microsoft. In the final analysis, variety trumps mono-culture I guess.
