The basics of how I view the universe in terms of epistemology and stuff

I thought it might be useful just to jot down the basic things that govern how I see the world, just in case anyone was interested. Just for reference, and in case it might be useful for other people.

To start with, I divide things into two categories -- the physical and the metaphysical. The physical universe includes everything that can be observed, detected, or measured. It includes phenomena which can be analyzed, for which models can be formulated to predict future events, and from which past events can be deduced. The way I use the terms, "science" can be defined as "all inquiry into the physical universe." Not all sciences are advanced enough to make accurate predictions (economics is an example of a science in its infancy, which, at its current level of development is somewhat useful in some circumstances, but which can not, yet, be generally trusted. However, it IS a science by my definition, because the phenomena which it studies ARE observable and modelable, even if the models aren't there yet), and, indeed, it may be that some phenomena simply can't be actually modeled, because they are complex enough that analyzing them would take more computing power than can theoretically exist within the universe, but, nonetheless, you can tell how they COULD be modeled and predicted.
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