"We know that science is accurate because it works" Why? Where that implication comes from? Just because a certain institution or group of people creates things that work and improve our lives it doesn't necessarily mean their explanations and theories behind their "inventions" are true; if that is the case then the healers of some amazonian tribe are correct in their beliefs about spirits just because some of their cures are effective?
Except for the many oddities where it works despite being known to be inaccurate, but also the most effective model we have so far … because it works, and earlier models didn’t. Including at least 3 completely contradictory models for how electromagnetism works, each of which works for certain activities, but break down for others. Showing that yes, we have it wrong, but modern electronics prove it’s more correct than anything we had before.
Also, some of the Amazonian tribe cures did work, as did many other shamanic traditions. Well, sometimes. Sometimes even more effectively than people realize. Unfortunately, they were harmful more often than they were effective, and many shamanic/religious traditions would then just chalk it up to the will of the gods/sinful nature of the patient. Which brings us to:
Furthermore, you have to have in mind that different worldviews often come from differing premises and assumptions; science, for instance, is based on methodological naturalism, the assumption the explanation for every topic investigated must be a natural/material/non-supernatural one, while a religious person, for example, takes into account the existence of the divine and thus will likely come up with an alternative and supernatural view of the same phenomenon (what you mockingly label as "goddidit"). Yes, these people have a faith they embrace and because of that they think differently, what's your problem with that? Why can't you just let them be?
Yes, we mock “goddiditism”. Why? Because everyone who says “goddidit” has never known a damn thing that was going on, and as a bonus, “godputmeinchargesolistentome”. So, I can put together pointless phrases without spaces too!
Actual scientific study, actual observation, has demonstrated time and time again that things that were left up to the supernatural actually have natural explanations, that gods and devils are not necessary to run the world, and in fact runs fine without the gods and devils we choose to invent. Not only that, but when you actually have a basic understanding of the natural cause behind supposed supernatural phenomena, you can harness and use these for things that the original discoverers of the nature of these events never imagined. Case in point … modern electronics, which make use of a deep, abiding, and still very limited understanding of electricity and electrical effects, to make the computer that you typed your dumbass screed on, the various systems making up the network of computers that are the Internet that allowed me to read this screed with no clue who you are, and allows me to respond just like this. Again, remember, three theories, all contradicting each other, and all work, and in fact are all used in the same computer. Nuts, isn’t it?
That’s the kind of thing that again gets left to “goddidit”, because we don’t understand it, including the modern physicists studying the nature of electromagnetism. The truly arrogant say “goddidit” not because they are humbled by their lack of understanding, but because they believe “if I don’t understand it, no human can, so … goddidit.” The truly humble just say “I don’t really know yet, and not sure if I will, but I intend to lead human understanding closer.” Because of this, from ancient philosophers who actually did understand lightning is a natural phenomenon, to 17th/18th century studies to prove that lightning is the newly discovered electricity (rediscovered, actually, since some of the ancient philosophers knew about it, but medieval and renaissance philosophers and budding scientists, well … weren’t always all that well studied, or intelligent), to Clerk Maxwell’s mathematical studies of electromagnetism, Michelson and Morley’s luminiferous ether experiment (finding that no, the luminiferous ether does not exist), Einstein synthesis of various discoveries and experiments involving light in gravity over that last several centuries, to finally the studies opened by Einstein’s expansion of force and gravity, led us to here.
Oh, I forgot to mention Isaac Newton’s explanations for gravity and motion that so many people thought Einstein destroyed, but in fact that is the expansion. It had been known for centuries that Newton’s theories worked great at Earth gravity and at speeds that we can easily see (not going so fast that it passes by our vision with no registration that it was ever even there), but broke down when calculating for high gravity (such as very close to the sun) or at near light speed. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity merely expanded on Newton’s laws of motion to account for this breakdown, and actually accurate predict what will be observed, as among other experiments was proven by studying the apparent position of stars around a solar eclipse as compared to the expectation of where they would be seen, if they could be seen without the sun in the way. Though it hasn’t been helpful with harnessing electricity itself, it was quite revealing to learn that even light is affected by gravity, bending the path of light so that stars looked as if they were farther from the observed position of the sun than star maps would suggest, by distances that could be accurately calculated.
And this is all a very limited understanding of what is already a limited understanding. What you got, CrossRufus?