![]() ![]() According to Kanazawa (2008), unlike mathematics, “All scientific knowledge is tentative and provisional, and nothing is final.” Nevertheless even if an experiment can be replicated, it does not necessarily “prove” anything it only serves as evidence to support a theory. In other words, what is seen, heard, touched and replicated is the source of scientific knowledge. However, science is predicated on the ideas of observation, touch and replication. In order to establish the difference between the two concepts, it is important to understand what makes science a science? Contrary to popular belief, it is not the idea that it provides ironclad, irrefutable, final proofs for the many phenomena in our natural world. One of the most popular misconceptions about science is the notion of “scientific proof.” Although it may seem paradoxical, there is no such thing as “proof” in science, only scientific evidence. Those misconceptions, in turn, have discredited science in its entirety and inspired a culture of doubt and distrust among the scientific community and the public. ![]() For years the media has led the public to believe many erroneous notions regarding science through its endless streams of faulty publications. ![]()
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