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The core purpose of science, as highlighted in recent discussions, is to legitimize discourse — to delineate which questions are valid and worth pursuing and to dismiss those that do not meet the criteria of scientific investigation. It is fundamentally a language-driven activity, a formal way of framing and communicating hypotheses, rather than an ultimate repository of objective reality.
This view counters the common misconception that science provides absolute, unchangeable answers. Instead, science teaches which questions to ask and which to avoid, guiding human curiosity and inquiry toward fruitful exploration. It is an ongoing process of challenging previous assumptions, undermining old ideas, and testing new ones.