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I am not sure that is the assumption of science.... Science is only claiming that phenomenal world can be subjected to tests to verify the validity of experience, and the predictability of conclusions.
Science makes no claims about what can not be perceived.
However... I must concur on one level... Science is the fundamental tenet that all events proceed from causes... that reality is causal in nature.
And yet the application of science to cosmology has resulted in big bang theory, which has at its core the idea of the singularity... that there was a FIRST cause that had NO cause.
It is interesting how most scientist do not really comprehend that they are predicating their conclusion about an event they state had no cause, upon the foundation that ALL events must have cause.
They do not see that this is a paradox.
At present, IF reality must be causal, and IF the Big Bang is an accurate picture of the origin of the universe... THEN there MUST be a prior/higher realm of reality which could have acted as the cause of the big bang.
In essence, if valid, Big Bang theory REQUIRES a 'supernatural' world- one outside of our own that could act as a cause...
( not that that implies that there is anything divine nor magical about such a world )
Because if the singularity truly has no cause, then reality is not necessarily causal, and the foundation of science, and the conclusions that lead to big bang theory are suspect.
Kind of like how Zeno proved there can be no infinity.
So, yes, there is certainly a limit to what science can actually address...
But religion, without need for verification, can just make any shit up about anything.
I think scientists are happy to acknowledge that while there is no known cause for the Big Bang, that a cause exists and may be discoverable at some point in the future. Perhaps we'll find an answer that works some day. If scientists truly believe there was no cause, then nobody would be searching for an answer.
I suspect that you're right about causality. I tend to believe that reality is subjective to at least some extent. The whole particle/wave thing made me realize I wasn't losing my mind and that all I've heard from some of the wisest people I know just might be true. If it is true, then for all humanity has accomplished, we're just barely out of the cave.
I would have loved living in classical Athens. What an assemblage of exceptional minds! What, and how, their culture did to inspire such a level of intellectual inquiry still mystifies me.
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