You can never prove a scientific theory, you can only disprove it. You can confirm a theory a million times but that does not imply that it will work the next t

You can never prove a scientific theory, you can only disprove it. You can confirm a theory a million times but that does not imply that it will work the next time. It does however give us some amount of confidence that it will. Your definition of "prove" is too narrow. From my online WordWeb dictionary: Verb: prove (proved,proven) 1. Be shown or be found to be 2. Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment 3. Provide evidence for 4. Prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof 5. Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to ...etc... Many senses of this word relate to subjecting something to a test, rather than proof in the mathematical sense.