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Correct. If all humans were suddenly wiped out tommorrow, our science and mathematics would go with us, yet the Universe would keep on moving.
Again it comes down to what we are discussing and what conclusions we consider to be acceptable that determine the best course of inquiry, and no course of inquiry can be considered final or definitive.
We champion science in society because we make the most profit out of it, pure and simple, and if you look at the sorts of so-called spiritual practices that are considered above ridicule, they are the ones that rake in big cash for someone too. The rest can be safely flushed as "a waste fo time", because we live in a social climate where profit is officially considered superior to any other activity, despite the rather obvious human experience that this simply isn't the case.