Just because people doing science are embedded in a particular social and cultural milieu, it doesn’t follow that science is not universal. - Mordechai Ben-Ari

Unfortunately, the universe does not come with an instructor’s manual and technical support is as hard to get as it is for some software packages.

Popper’s attempt to construct a methodology from falsification may have been flawed, but the concept is central in the demarcation of science from nonscience. No matter how strong one’s convictions, a true scientist will always allow for the possibility that her results may be falsified; if she denies this possibility or refuses to abandon or modify a theory in the face of repeated falsifications, you can be sure that you are dealing with pseudoscience, not science.

Scientists refuse to study astrology, not because of prejudice or because there is a conspiracy afoot, but simply because there is not a shred of evidence that would justify the expenditure of valuable time from a career.