Why do you believe that though? How do you not see that as silly? Science makes **** that works, like electronics, and spears, and medicines, and all kinds of basically everything, even agriculture. You have to observe and record many things. That is, as any scientist would understand it, the scientific method.
I don't fault the spirit of what you're saying here.
However, one should be cautious equating science with technology - they are not the same thing. Similarly, one should not forget that science is a very modern and recent phenomena in human history. It was not and is not necessary to make discoveries or put those discoveries to practical use for specific purposes (e.g., technologies). Granted, some of this assessment depends on how broadly or narrowly one wants to define "science" and if one is more or less constraining oneself to Western science to the exclusion of, say, indigenous science which was used fort he majority of human history.
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@ChieftheCef
it is true, that sciences can play big roles with technology, and they can work-in-hand, to improve either sides.
but it is also true, that you can invent some sorts of technologies without science.
The Homo species during the Palaeolithic - the Homo erectus, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens, etc - have made tools and weapons for hunting from stone, flint, bone, wood, etc, and over times, improved on them…but they did so without sciences.
It was the same with the Homo sapiens in the Neolithic period, where people discovered agricultural farming, growing food for sustainable population in permanent settlements, developed irrigation systems to water crops, the practical applications of pottery (eg storing food and drink), etc.
Another great invention was the wheel, useful for transporting people or goods…or help with plowing the fields before sowing.
people also made boats out of reeds, and during the Bronze Age, larger vessels constructed with woods, eventually have vessels propelled by wind, ingeniously using mast and sails.
It was technology without science.
science require explanations and predictions that can be rigorously tested, that if true, will become the current knowledge that anyone can learn from.
Although some people will say that astronomy is one of the oldest sciences, I think that’s only partially true.
sure, ancient star gazers were able to methodically and meticulously records the motions of the sun, moon, planets and stars, which found practical uses, like developing calendars, when to sow or to harvest, navigating courses using sun or star constellations, etc, no one in Neolithic, ancient or medieval times, know what these celestial objects really were, how they move, where the lights come, etc. sure people knew the sun provide both light and heat, but they didn’t know the how.
Ancient people used to believe the sun moved because a deity rode in chariot or sailed in a boat. The Hellenistic Jews and later the Christians wrongly thought it were the angels responsible for the sun motion.
It was until after Galileo, that Isaac Newton thought gravity between the Sun and planets (including the Earth) were responsible for their motion. This squashed the long-held church views about angels.
and like
@Quintessence said, the whole “Scientific Method“ is actually a modern approach for knowledge gathering and fact finding.
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