Science is discovery. Engineering is applications. Science literacy is not confusing the two.
Science isn’t done, in a “spiritual sense” other than for the discovery. If you are pushing research forward with a specific goal in mind: Thats engineering.
If you have a question, and you have an open mind and are willing to accept the conclusions your evidence forces you to make whether you like it or not: That’s science.
Sometimes science informs engineering in awesome and clever ways.
But the point of science isn’t engineering, which is what the vast majority of people interpret science as being.
Science is discovery. Engineering is applications. Science literacy is not confusing the two.
Science isn’t done, in a “spiritual sense” other than for the discovery. If you are pushing research forward with a specific goal in mind: Thats engineering.
If you have a question, and you have an open mind and are willing to accept the conclusions your evidence forces you to make whether you like it or not: That’s science.
Sometimes science informs engineering in awesome and clever ways. But the point of science isn’t engineering, which is what the vast majority of people interpret science as being.