the observable universe is a very small section ,how can science hope to grasp the true mechanics?

Question

of a universe that mostly eludes them, are the wasting their time

Answer 1

I had a very learned mentor once tell me "It's not so much the results that count, but the science." By that he meant the search for answers is as important, if not more so, than the answers.

As we search, we uncover not only the nature of our universe, but we also discover what it is not. Thus, as we look for answers in our "small section" of the universe, we find a few answers that may be the truth, whatever that means, but we'll find a lot of them that are false as well. We can only hope that continuing the search will rectify those false answers by ultimately finding the true ones.

Physics (and astrophysics) are renowned for coming up with answers about things that cannot be seen or directly measured. They do this through deduction or induction. Check this out:

"deduction - A method of reasoning by which one infers a conclusion from a set of sentences by employing the axioms and rules of inference for a given logical system. " [See source.]

An example of deduction is:

A = B; B = C; therefore, A = C

In the physics context, if physicists can measure A = B and B = C, they don't need to observe and measure A = C, they can deduce that answer. Also look at this:

"induction - A method of reasoning by which one infers a generalization from a series of instances." [See source.]

An example might be:

A = B; A = B; A = B....multiple times, each time we observe it; so we can infer A = B in general.

In physics, if we find big bang background noise everywhere we look in the known universe, we can infer that the noise is generally everywhere in the universe...even those places we haven't or cannot observe.

Good question.

Answer 2

If they cant give answers they dont get funding!! the more they say the more money for research!! plus there mostly men so.....

Answer 3

through the technique of extrapolation.

the ancient greeks used it when they stated "as above, so below"