Scientific theory is based around the idea that you can never, 100% prove anything absolutely true.* The best we can do is to be "less wrong" by learning how w

Scientific theory is based around the idea that you can never, 100% prove anything absolutely true.* The best we can do is to be "less wrong" by learning how we're wrong. It's a perspective on acquiring knowledge that prioritizes false negatives over false positives. You don't prove yourself right, you just fail to prove yourself wrong. Trying to prove yourself wrong is a much more reliable way for a human, with all our biases, to end up closer to the truth. * mathematicians disagree