Based on the passage, the way science has progressed, according to the first sentence, is ironic in that A. this process could break down when we try to understand our universe B. many phenomena in the universe once thought of as accidents can be explained according to fundamental laws C. science has not always been able to explain phenomena by understanding their causal nature D. though it originally applied to readily observable phenomena now applies to something as vast as the very universe E. few had anticipated that science would evolve in such a direction