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1. Goblin+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-04-27 14:45:52
> Your goal as a scientist is to devise experiments that can disprove a claim about the natural world.

If this claim was true, it would disallow science to make true claims, because no experiments can disprove such claims. Truth is a delicate matter and can't be handled by simple methods. Questions may not be settled, but they can be difficult to challenge.

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2. alphyd+Ug[view] [source] 2020-04-27 16:31:26
>>Goblin+(OP)
> it would disallow science to make true claims

Isn't that exactly how science work? It does not make true claims. It produces statements with disclaimers. If this and this then Y is true, as long as we don't observe Y.

You cannot use the scientific method to definitely say: "X is true".

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3. carapa+uA[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-04-27 18:34:22
>>alphyd+Ug
Yes, that's exactly how it works. Every scientist I've ever asked has stood by that. Science dispels untruth.
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