# The Purpose of Science is to Explain the World To say that prediction is the purpose of science is to confuse means with ends. It is like saying that the purpose of a spaceship is to burn fuel. In fact, burning fuel is only one of many things a spaceship has to do to accomplish its real purpose, which is to transport its payload from one point in space to another. Passing experimental tests is only one of many thing a theory has to do to achieve the real purpose of science, which is to **explain the world**. --- Date: 20240821 Links to: [Fabric of Reality](Fabric%20of%20Reality.md) Tags: References: * []()