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Originally Posted by dalebrythescienceguy
The writer seems to have something in common with many conspiracy theorists I know--not knowing the definition of the word "proof".
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I can understand your skepticism. I think you have to keep in mind that in "science," that word doesn't mean quite the same thing as it does to sane human beings. Scientists will be the first people to tell you that, technically, they can't actually "prove" anything, and as my atheist "friends" are so fond of telling me (as if they're proud of the fact), one of the highest degrees of "scientific proof" is the "theory." Their ideas start as a
hyperbole, and then as more and more dumbasses argue and get shot down, eventually that hyperbole becomes
validated, and then when even more dumbasses say dumb things, eventually that validated hyperbole becomes a
theory. It's really just proof by failing to be disproved, which is why the Bible is the best science ever, and why we refer to God's
Law. Which you should take pride in, because by just posting here, you're advancing science!
So, in this case, I'm pretty sure that we're going with how scientists talk, which doesn't always use words the same way that actual people do. When Dr. Jones says that he's proven that T. Rex (lit., "tyrant kangaroo king") is just a giant kangaroo, what he means is that he has a
theory, maybe only a little more valid than Darwin's
theory of evolution.