Originally Posted by Ken G

Toward that end, I think it is quite important to avoid language that tends to further the misconception that any aspect of science is devoid of such choices. So I think we should be careful when saying "If you believe that science's job is to tell us what the Universe really does", because I would say that anyone who believes that is much more like a creationist than they would care to admit-- in that they are holding to beliefs that are patently refuted by scads of evidence to the contrary. But I think I know what you intended by that, which perhaps is closer to "If you believe the ultimate goal of science is to expand our understanding, and create models that are in some sense 'closer and closer' to what is really happening."