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There is a difference between discovery and theory. Discovery of Americas or Mars cannot be "falsified", they are scientific, objective, observable facts. Theor
by piokoch 7y ago
There is a difference between discovery and theory. Discovery of Americas or Mars cannot be "falsified", they are scientific, objective, observable facts. Theory makes always some assumptions that can be invalid under some conditions - for instance Newtonian mechanics is not valid on quantum size scale or in case of huge masses or near speed of light velocities.
- boomboomsubban 7y agoThe difference is that a "discovery" is the result of an experiment used to support a theory. The results of an experiment can't be falsified, just more experiments can provide better data.
- munk-a 7y agoI don't know - I think that at some level our discovery of Mars could be dis-proven if you think that Mars is a solid terrestrial planet then in all likelihood you are correct, but you may be wrong - Mars could be gaseous with a floating mantel and some very strange properties... That all said I'm happy to tell bible thumpers that evolution has been proven since they aren't approaching the question from a legitimate point of skepticism and trying their best to misinform others. For everyone who is earnest though - discoveries (even the earth being round) are only accepted until they're disproven, and there have been widely accepted theories that have been disproven in the past - like how relativity blew holes in Newtonian understandings.