The Purpose of Science

Science seeks better explanations. A scientific explanation accounts for our observations by postulating something about what reality is like and how it works. We deem an explanation to be better if it leaves fewer loose ends, such as entities whose properties are themselves unexplained. Requires fewer and simpler postulates. Is more general, meashes more easily with good explanations in other fields, and so on. That's all that means. Methodologically, this is the way in which things work.