Discussion on the scientific method (moved from the Irish Celts thread)

[bovi]

So you believe that there is no theory in the history of science that has not been proven wrong? A scientific theory is not absolute truth, although it carries an amount of truthiness which makes it seem right until someone comes up with the right experiment to prove it wrong. How about the atomicity of the atom, for instance? Wasn't that a scientific theory, until it was, well, amply proven wrong? Note: Some Nobel prizes were gained through this, of course. If you think that somehow that should make your statement that theories are facts correct.

You seem to say that the second that a theory is disproven, it never was a scientific theory in the first place? That's a weird definition. No, we cannot take theories as facts. If everyone were to do so, we'd never get any new knowledge.