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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
It is misguiding to say that science cannot prove a theory to be true. I suppose there might be a very small chance that another, better explanation of why apples fall may appear some day, but the probability is so low it's not worth mentioning.
It is also misguiding to say that theories are accepted until proven false. Before a theory is accepted, even provisionally, it must at least be considered to be plausible.
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Sadly I think the exact opposite is true and I guess that's why they are called scientific
theories rather than scientific truths
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Wikipedia has a good entry on
scientific method which explains how scientists go from observation to hypothesis to theory but I think Einstein put it best by saying:
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Originally Posted by Einstein
"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."
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PS1 sorry FlorenceArt for missing your reasoning in my other post.
PS2 I just noted my "user description" suddenly went to zealot while posting this - it amused me anyway.