There seems to be a lot of discussion here based on the idea that science is somehow held as infallable. To me, this has usually been the position taken by someone for whom the available explanation is unsatisfying (please note I did not say unsatisfactory, quite a different thing) or excessively complex and difficult to understand. I have found many people in this world who say "There's got to be something else" in a quest to give meaning to their existence. They make up things to validate the supernatural basis of their wonderment. Extra sensory perception, ghosts and alien contact are among the the things people point to in order to suggest that there is so much we don't know about that surely we must accept explanations of the world that live outside of our ability to research, experiment and document. The problem with that is one of inconsistent logic. I really doubt that many of us would undergo a medical procedure based on the doctors willingness to "believe" that something will work without a peer reviewed procedure in place, without some evidence to suggest that the doctors statements are valid. Yet many of us are willing to accept all sorts of bizare explanations for the unknown elements of our existence based on how it makes us feel, rather than how well proven the statements are. Science, in its very nature, is incorrect much of the time. However, it is the nature of this ability to look at itself, determine when a statement is inaccurate, develop a new model and offer it up to scrutiny that provides science, or more accurately deductive reasoning, with a superior position in the hierarchy of explanations of what truly is out there. Faith, by it's very nature , asks one to believe in spite of significant evidence to the contrary. I for one do not look at the fallability of science or the scientific process as proof of some greater alternate explanation.
By the way, we don't make up atoms, we are made up of atoms. They exist with or without our knowledge. And, I must say, this certainly has been an interesting discussion, without much of the usual back biting. Good will to all.
