Why is science just a starting point and not an end point?

Holy crap! This should be easy. Why am I not surprised nobody gets it???! 

Why is science just a starting point and not an end point? 

Because science is a METHOD not a RESULT!  

Science properly understood does not fail at all. That is like saying Newton "failed" because he didn't know what happens at relativistic velocities around black holes. Science is the method that helped us discover and understand both Newtonian and Einsteinian physics.  

The fact we can reliably hear things we cannot reliably measure is no failure of science. The fact so many lack a firm grasp on what science even means indicates what has truly failed is our system of public education. Now there we have a genuine and profound total fail.

Many things that we accept as proven science is really only a Theory that has yet to be proven wrong due to a lack of available knowledge or undiscovered testing methods and apparatus for said testing. 

The plot of Tenet makes more sense than some of these topics that continue to come up, over and over again.

All the best,
Nonoise

Let me expand my question.

Why is science incapable of providing even the slightest indication why equipment is judged by knowledgeable people as superior?

Surely there must be something that can be measured? Or is music just too complex to be tested?

Bingo!

Not only music either. Many years ago, I want to say 1980’s or maybe 90’s, Japan decided to enter the high end wine market. The full resources of Japanese technology were brought to bear. Gas chromatograph, spectroscopy, every conceivable form of chemistry and agricultural analysis. It was a massive undertaking. Like I said this was a good 30 years ago. Look around. How many premium wines you see from Japan? I drink a fair bit, 8 cases or so in the cellar, can’t think of a one.

Saki, different story. In a world we like to think has shrunk into bland conformity the truth is you can go country to country and find Russia/vodka, Mexico/tequila, Jamaica/rum, and so on. Not for lack of trying. Helluva lot of money to be made selling premium American tequila, yet the biggest "tequila" Jose Cuervo is actually gin with coloring and flavor added.

Not to change the subject, just trying to make the same point another way. Science is a way of figuring out how things work. All the science and technology is no guarantee you ever will figure it out. Oh sure maybe some day. Probably there is some as yet undiscovered yeast or protein that explains why the sparkling wines produced in the Champagne region of France are better, and why Dom is superior even among champagne. Then again maybe not.

Point being, don’t jump the gun. There are no grounds on which to say "science is incapable" that makes about as much sense as saying a car is incapable of getting you to work. It is totally capable. But you do have to drive it, and it does take time.