For those having issues with Rami's statements maybe I can help.
Oh, thank everything that is holy. Yes, Bogart, whom I love dearly, please explain. I read the rest of your post and that's all fine and good, but this is the part that's still getting me. Scientific method a theory: how? TL;DR me, please.
The post in the OP is excellent.
As for the ongoing debate, I'm no Philosophy major, but I think I understand a bit of the points on all sides and maybe where the differences of opinion are too.
What we call "Science" is itself a Philosophical assertion, not least because the Scientific Method relies on "Logic" which is a philosophical concept. Now, there are times when this Scientific Method results in correct interpretations of reality (finding cures for diseases, fine tuning a renewable energy extraction method, etc.), but the method itself is rooted in philosophical concepts (Logic being 1 of them) going back to pre-Hellenic times. And even now, science is basically applied philosophy. There's nothing degrading to science for us to admit that. I see the antagonism between 'science' and 'philosophy' but I don't think it's necessary. I think it's a matter of team science thinking that team philosophy is wasting time overthinking things, while team philosophy thinks that team science is not thinking about the underlying assumptions of science (and hence its possible blind spots).
I like both TBH. I like it when they inform each other.
**slinks away quietly from thread**
No, please don't slink away, because this is exactly the answer I was asking for with my first post and you would've saved me like three pages of going in circles about theories if you had responded back then. Rami, if this is what you were really trying to say when you said the scientific method is a philosophy, because it's based on logic which is a philosophical ordeal and all that, then fine, I can get behind that. Or at least I can see where you're coming from. Getting behind it might still be a bit strong. Because:
I think it's a matter of team science thinking that team philosophy is wasting time overthinking things
I'm a million percent guilty as charged here, anyway.
Our Qtian has been trying to get me to learn more about philosophy, and...inshallah. I'm sure in the end you're right. And, like forcing myself to consume vegetables, I know I should learn more about philosophy, but...