A028 - The Problem with ‘Science Is Real’

In this episode of Authbition, I read my short essay “Please Don’t Take Science So Literally” — a reflection on how education, society, and even well-meaning signs have turned science into dogma.Science isn’t an answer. It’s a method of discovery — a practice of guessing, testing, and refining. When we believe too strongly in guesses, we trade curiosity for certainty and opinion for fact.This episode explores why the phrase “Science is real” misses the deeper truth: science is a method, not a belief system. I share how a right-versus-wrong education model can imprison our thinking — and how reclaiming opinion can set the mind free.

Keywords: science education, philosophy, free mind, discovery, curiosity