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Re: Science is close-minded

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Originally Posted by alexander View Post
sorry, i took it the wrong way, overdog.... respect

i would only change one thing in your statement:

until such time as the evidence suggests a high probability of the otherwise.
As proof is not always a clear cut act, sometimes a high probability of an event or object is all you will be able to come up with...
Yes, I would go futher to state that no scientific theory is ever proven to be true. Experimental results or observations confirm a theory, or dis-prove a theory, but do not prove the theory is true. That is why theories and hypothesis must be carefully stated in a particular way in order to be scientific. Proofs are in mathematics.
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