Can Right View be interpreted as scientific fervor?

The first in the eightfold path talks about having a right view of things. Or as wikipedia puts it, > The purpose of right view is to clear one's path of the majority of > confusion, misunderstanding, and deluded thinking. It is a means to > gain right understanding of reality. Right view should be held with a > flexible, open mind, without clinging to that view as a dogmatic > position. In this way, right view becomes a route to > liberation rather than an obstacle. Isn't the purest way to interpret reality the way of science ? Can I interpret the first of the eightfold path as scientific fervor ? I don't think things like rebirth would gel well with a scientific view point. Also since there is no scientific evidence to rebirth, would believing in it make my belief dogmatic or narrow minded maybe ?