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[Allan Carr]

Karl Popper once said "[In] the world we  in,  proofs do not occur, if we
mean by 'proof' an argument which establishes once and forever the truth of
a theory."




On Friday, April 17, 2015, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> And, of course, scientists are always very careful to say they don't
> "prove" things.  They either confirm or disconfirm hypotheses.  Enough
> replications/confirmations do, in fact, constitute "proof," but scientists
> are VERY conservative about claiming that.  It's only media and "laity"
> that claim proof at the drop of a hat, rather than after decades of
> consistent research.  The REAL scientists here may contradict this, but
> this is what my own understanding (from two advanced degrees in the SOCIAL
> sciences) says.
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-- 
Allan Carr