why do you think theories cannot be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt

Nobody can prove that dark matter exists. Nobody can prove that energy is conserved. Nobody can prove that things will always fall down when you drop them.

No number of scientists in the world can ever prove that the stars are far away, or that the Higg’s Boson exists - or even that the Earth is round (but shh, don’t tell the Flat Earthers that!) I cannot prove to you that electrons exist.

“Proof” implies that there is no room for error - that you can be 100% sure that what you have written down on the piece of paper is 100% representative of what you are talking about.Īnd quite simply, that doesn’t exist in the real world.

None of the things listed above as “proof” would be accepted as such in science - even the simple observation of two people sat in a room with your own eyes! Nobody doubts that Henry VIII was King of England back in 1536, or that Genghis Khan was generally making life pretty miserable for his enemies back in the 13th century.īut in the scientific realm? Doubt abounds. You’d have to be a special kind of obstinate to reject the idea that England won the FIFA world cup in 1966.

Well, there are recordings (the famous “they think it’s all over… it is now!”), there are photos, you can go and talk to people who were present at the event (I myself have met Geoff Hurst, the man who scored three of the goals in that match).

Why do you think theories cannot be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt