# Science is an Ever-Improving Approximation of Reality

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Podcast: [The Great Updraft](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-updraft-7045130)
Published: 2026-04-30T19:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Though science is conceptual and therefore fundamentally limited, we can also see it as an approximation of truth that may or may not lead us to the ground-bottom nature of reality.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 29/4 episode, If Science Isn't Ultimate, How Should We Use It?Episode category: https://player.captivate.fm/collection/41de4d4f-0232-4c5d-bb84-436add43f6f9 Explore my 200-episode podcast library: https://deep-psychology.com/#pod-cats Newsletter & books: https://deep-psychology.com/my-links

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