[Revolting cat!]

But it is not science. And that's the point. It isn't science. Religion isn't science. Neither is philosophy or art or drama or commerce or politics or damn near a gazillion other things in the world. Because science is a defined pursuit, one that simply does not include investigation into the paranormal or supernatural.

Well stated, finally. However, a wider view would propose that (1) science is not the only explanation for everything known and unknown the universe, and (2) science is not necessarily the highest human pursuit - art, literature, philosophy are higher, in my opinion.

[edsheppa]

However, a wider view ...

Oh, yours is a wider view is it? Not just a different view but a wider one? Well, I think your wider view is wrong. Science is the only discipline I am aware of that produces reliable and useful knowledge about the universe. Further, mayybe art, literature (you don't consider that art?) and philosophy are "higher," but science and technology over the last few centuries have added vastly more value to more people's lives than any of them or all of them put together.