It is not necessary, however, that this socialization involve a general method for coming to the right conclusions. Science doesn’t need any such thing.
What science has is a general method for getting rid of incorrect conclusions. One of the many differences between science and theology is that theology does not conform itself to an objective reality. Science has a demonstrated capacity to detect deviation between itself and this reality, a property that no system of thought before it possessed, and none since has developed.
What science has is a general method for getting rid of incorrect conclusions. One of the many differences between science and theology is that theology does not conform itself to an objective reality. Science has a demonstrated capacity to detect deviation between itself and this reality, a property that no system of thought before it possessed, and none since has developed.