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Originally Posted by plaaynde
I meant it can mean a lot of things for a lot of people.
Science[nb 1][2]:58[3] is a systematic enterprise that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.[nb 2]
I would say that no one would have an exception with the above statement.
They may prefer a different style choice in how it's written, but you'd be hard pressed to find some who argues that science is something different than it. They may expand on it, which is why the Wiki article I just quoted doesn't end there.
On the other hand, whether it enhances lives or not could actually be debated. You are essentially saying when you say 'it means different things to different people' that science is subjective.
What science does for people is only where subjectivity enters the conversation, and not what science actually is.
The scientific method means the same thing to every scientist.