Every industry, profession or field of research is based on observations and results of previous experiments. If the expected outcome is a success, then this method of doing things is considered valuable to the field of study. It is then further studied and played around with. The point of this process is that every idea taught in school, read in a book, or derived from formulas is essentially a form of patterns of observations or derivations based on other patterns.

Every theory in science is a pattern that describes the environment. Take physics, more specifically gravity, for example. People noticed this phenomenon in the very beginning. When Newton explicitly stated such a thing as gravity, people accepted it because this idea fit their observations. Nothing has violated this theory, and thus it has become a law. But it is simply a pattern of this world. It is merely a relational interpretation of the physical environment of the world.

You might think that my theory here is also simply a mere interpretation of scientific theories, but it’s not. In certain aspects, the scientific theories that exist in textbooks are useful because they help predict what will happen given certain parameters. A ball will fall at 9.8m/s² given that it has a mass and it is relatively near the Earth’s surface. For the most part, this is helpful information. However, Newton’s theories do not explain why it falls. Objects attract, but why is that? Why certain particles and objects act a particular way has never been explained. Theories offer observation and pattern, but not an explanation.

Perhaps patterns are enough to produce useful results. Commercial products built on modern scientific theories serve their purposes just fine. We might not need to discover the reason behind everything, but it certainly would be interesting to know what it is.