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I wish scientists and reporters made it more clear that science, the process, can never know when it is right about something. The Scientific Process can only
by naikrovek 5y ago
I wish scientists and reporters made it more clear that science, the process, can never know when it is right about something.
The Scientific Process can only ever know when it's wrong.
A scientist can gain confidence about their theory's correctness, but they can never be assured of it. A single discovery could completely overturn all of the understanding that appeared so rock solid the day before.
I'm just saying that the headline should reflect this.
- tasty_freeze 5y ago"Scientists, and the process of science generally, who can only prove things wrong and can never be entirely sure if they are right, have produced a study revealing new details on what happened during the first microsecond of the Big Bang." Imagine if people followed your request. How many times would you read that disclaimer before you got sick of it?
- naikrovek 5y agoless tired than I am seeing things stated as fact, as if we know for sure, when we don't. less tired than I am explaining this to people who don't understand it. and the wording would be more like changing "Scientists now know..." to "Scientists now believe..."