Scientists can't prove anything. They can only make statistical correlations and establish causation to a degree. What this means is that whenever you use the

Scientists can't prove anything. They can only make statistical correlations and establish causation to a degree. What this means is that whenever you use the word "prove" with "science" it is colloquial. It is always colloquial. The statistical methods used in social sciences are no different than the statistical methods used to "prove" things in physics.