The study of the philosophy of science explores whether scientific findings are actually the study of truth. Scientific realism is an area of ​​study in the philosophy of science and has a contrasting view called antirealism. The debate between the two revolves around their disagreement about the existence of an external world. A scientific realist believes that an external world exists independently of our minds while the anti-realist, or idealists, believes that no such world exists outside of ourselves. A stick underwater appears bent while railroad tracks appear to meet in the distance, but this is not the case. Our vision plays tricks on us and therefore the phenomenon appears misleading. Since our experiences have dubious sources, we cannot know anything that comes from our senses. Furthermore, the antirealist believes that matter, objects, and the world all exist as electrical signals that occur in our brains. To illustrate, imagine eating a strawberry. In reality you are not in front of the strawberry but only its perception in the brain. Simply put, the fruit is nothing more than the interpretation of electrical signals, regarding smell, taste, shape and so on. More importantly, the two differ in their interpretation of scientific theories that refer to unobservable entities. A scientific realist holds the belief that unobservable entities, which constitute many scientific theories, are in fact real-world entities. This means that a berry is a berry regardless of what we perceive it to be. Antirealists claim that theories distort reality by relying on premises that are only seen indirectly and should therefore never be considered true. Hence the disagreements, the antirealist argues that the only thing that exists in reality is our… middle of paper… success is not a miracle. Science has contributed more tangible and intangible success than any other field, namely religion. From the industrial revolution to the information age, science has created medicine, travel, communication; it opened the world to us. It has contributed greatly to our modern world, while other “fields” have presented us with doubt, controversy, and death. Other theories, such as creationism, do not accept different alternatives, are not open to criticism and must be taken literally. While science is constantly evolving. Theories are constantly refined when new data emerge and rejected when results differ a second time. Over time, technological advances could convert many theories into facts. But until then we should trust who we think has the most logical, rational, and reasonable answers to our questions.