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mytydev | 3 years ago

Science can't identify the truth. It can only identify what is NOT true. As our knowledge expands, we get closer to discovering the truth; but we can never be sure we've arrived.

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FeepingCreature|3 years ago

Science can also not identify falsehoods, it can only shift confidence.

layer8|3 years ago

There’s still an asymmetry in that a single counterexample can destroy a theory.