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It seems like everyone commenting on this article lost their gosh-darn minds. Can I helpfully remind folks to try to have productive discussions instead of qui

• mplanchard 7y ago
  Vitriol is never justifiable for this sort of thing, I agree. I do think calling out the unscientific use of the word “proven” or “proved” is reasonable on a forum where so many people have at least some scientific training. I studied and taught biology and chemistry in grad school in the south. Lots of people don’t “believe” in evolution and will base some of that on the fact that the theory isn’t “proven”, without understanding the rigor that proof implies in a scientific context. Usage like we see in the article is problematic. What if this finding were disproven later? What does that teach people who don’t know any better about the nature of proof?