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Science is the best method we have for interpreting reality but there is a huge and fundamental flaw that most people don't know about. Yes I am differentiating
by neonological 6y ago
Science is the best method we have for interpreting reality but there is a huge and fundamental flaw that most people don't know about. Yes I am differentiating the scientific method and the politics surrounding science and saying there is a huge flaw in the method.
The scientific method cannot actually Prove anything to be true. That's right. Nothing can actually be proven to be true with science.
If you have a hypothesis it is fundamentally impossible with science to prove that the hypothesis is true. It is only possible to disprove the hypothesis. I'm not making this up from some obscure philosophical conjecture. See this quote from Einstein:
"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."
Literally, all of Einsteins theories have never been proven to be true by science. This occurs because the domain for evidence is literally unknown. At any point in time someone can discover new evidence that can disprove a theory. Thus relativity will always be a target for disproof.
What we do have is evidence supporting Einsteins theory but we currently (nor will we ever) have anything that can prove relativity to be True. Know the distinction.
I feel "Science" is just a cover word. To truly understand the magnitude of this you need to rephrase the saying and get rid of the word "science":
"It is fundamentally impossible to prove anything to be true in reality as we know it. Proof is the domain of maths and logic."
Once you thoroughly understand this, then you will know the limits of science and why people always talk about "falsifying" things: Because like I said earlier "true-ifying" anything is fundamentally impossible in reality as we know it!