Which of these statements do you most agree with

[JBeukema]

The poll options are inadequate.

My choice:

The purpose of science is to continue to strive for a better understanding of the world in which we live and how we can improve our lot in life (which is not the same as utopia - a concept which will never be realized).

So you agreed with the second sentence; you just didn't read it in full

No, I don't. "Bringing us closer to utopia" requires a definition of Utopia.

Which you defined in part as soon as you set the goal you sought to achieve, be it improving our lot by building homes (an ideal enviroment) whatever else.

You hold an idea of utopia in your psyche; your idea of 'improving our lot in life' reflects that concept of utopia