The mistake that a lot of people make is that they think science is all about proving things. In actuality, science done right is all about disproving things.

The mistake that a lot of people make is that they think science is all about proving things. In actuality, science done right is all about disproving things. You can spend a lifetime tracking down all the white swans to “prove” that “all swans are white”, but you need to find only one black swan - as the British did when they reached Australia - to disprove that hypothesis. Science is about disproving things, as it is by far the easier path - and frequently, the only possible path - to take. And by disproving things, we push back the darkness more and more, until what little remains must contain the truth. And when science “changes it’s mind”, it’s simply science obtaining more data that points better towards that truth, more of the darkness has been pushed back and the old position was eliminated by the new evidence.