Science and otherwise!

The main difference between science and myth(or non- scientific theories) is that the former is forward looking whereas the latter is backward looking. Lets take an example-the tv show "Pichle Janam ka Raaz". It aims at finding out as to what happened in the previous birth of an individual and links that to his present behaviour-being scared of something,for instance.
This methodology might satisfy a person's curiosity with respect to his behaviour but does not help him deal with it henceforth- in the sense it does not solve the problem; it might just provide an explanation- a hypothesis at best, but not much can be done with the latter to solve the person's present problem. On serious though , one may find that this is true for any non-scientific theory for that matter. Lets take another example-the sun "God". The question being "can we change the direction in which the Sun rises?". The answer being "No". Here comes the interesting part-"WHY?". We have two explanations:
"Because Sun is GOD ,stupid!!! He is the Almighty and nothing can influence him!!!!!".
The other one being the scientific reasoning of the interplay of gravitational forces leading the earth to revolve around the sun and rotate about its own axis. The directions of this interplay determine whether the Sun would rise in the East or otherwise.
What is worth observing is that both the thories lead us to the right answer.
Then whats the problem? Where is the difference? Why cant we randomly choose one of these and discard the other?
Well, the truth is both categories of theories exist in today;s world and each one has its own set ardent believers. But there is a small difference. The first theory follows a top-down approach-as you may call it. It is backward looking. Whereas the second one is forward looking, that is, we can take it step further anduse it to maybe calculate when would the sun rise at a particular geographical location. But we cannot do the same with the first theory.
Lets get back to our first example. Lets look at the scientific explanation of the same:
a person's behaviour is controlled by the chemicals released in the body which in turn are controlled by his genes and genomes. Can we do something with this information?
Yes,certainly. We could take it forward.We could come up with medicines to control the chemical release and hence relieve the person of his problem.
Makes sense?- Do provide you opinion.!!