Why? Because you do not understand it? by "knowing life scientifically" I am referring to a reasonably comprehensive model of life forces in scientifically useful terms(i.e. mathematically describable system of forces, interfaces and processes, etc etc).
"Science will never know everything. "
Really? Do patronize me. It works at a level where it can make progress. It does not need to know the first three billion years of history to study how populations change, any more than astronomers need to know the positions of the planets three billion years ago in order to say where they were ten thousand years ago or tomorrow."
it is not unreasonable to assume that the forces that created life still exist today, not just 3 billion years ago. if we do not understand the force that created life, and most likely still exists today, then we really know very little about life other than the humdrum mechanics of everyday chemical reactions and molecular constituency.
Focus on the "force" that compels life to come into existence and stay in existence. What is it?
Life is not like a fire, a mere chemical reaction burning out of control and consuming. It evolves. it reproduces. It creates! Fire and every other chemical reaction that are not driven by life forces destroy and decompose. They do not create!
Think about it. Life creates! It constructs! It grows! It replicates itself from raw elements! It stores energy, not just consumes. There must be a creative force behind it, almost by definition!
I have to get back to the evacuation. We have a Mag 5 hurricane coming down the gullet. We are in the way.
Mandatory evacuation now. Texans will show the New Orleans Democrats how to handle an emergency.
Off to Dallas.
BAck next week I hope. It could be real bad.
I think you vastly underestimate the current state of knowledge. A real time model of a bacterial cell is a work in in progress. What will you have to say when it is up and running?