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Evidence vs proof?
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RE: Evidence vs proof?
(December 13, 2015 at 2:39 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
Quote:Proof is when you have enough scientific evidence to reach a conclusion

Not exactly.  'Proved' has a someone different meaning in science that it does in philosophy.  I think it was Asimov (I may be mistaken and can't be arsed to look it up) who said, ' "Proved" in the sciences can only mean that a proposition is established to such a high degree of confidence that to withhold provisional assent would be perverse.'  Properly speaking, all scientific conclusions are provisional, never 'proved'.

Boru

Oh!  Thanks Boru.  Yes, that's a bit different.  Not being a scientist, I forget that scientists treat all "proof" as proof until better proof comes along.   Tongue
I honor that.  It's a constant quest for knowledge.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
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Evidence vs proof? - by IanHulett - December 13, 2015 at 1:35 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by Cecelia - December 13, 2015 at 1:48 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 13, 2015 at 1:55 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by drfuzzy - December 13, 2015 at 2:25 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 13, 2015 at 2:39 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by drfuzzy - December 13, 2015 at 2:42 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 13, 2015 at 2:44 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by Anomalocaris - December 13, 2015 at 3:10 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by Minimalist - December 13, 2015 at 3:11 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by Anomalocaris - December 13, 2015 at 3:13 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by Minimalist - December 13, 2015 at 3:15 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by Amine - December 13, 2015 at 3:37 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by Minimalist - December 13, 2015 at 5:57 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by Jenny A - December 13, 2015 at 9:05 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by Anomalocaris - December 13, 2015 at 11:05 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by TheRocketSurgeon - December 14, 2015 at 10:52 am
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by dyresand - December 14, 2015 at 3:14 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by IanHulett - December 14, 2015 at 7:26 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by Edwardo Piet - December 13, 2015 at 7:54 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by Cyberman - December 13, 2015 at 8:00 pm
RE: Evidence vs proof? - by The Grand Nudger - December 14, 2015 at 10:26 am

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