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Can you question science or are scientific findings absolute without question?

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Scientific findings are absolute
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DocSavage · M
Science is always questioned, subject to falsification. What we call theory is what passed through the process, and still works
Science is based upon questioning, including even itself.

It is by questioning itself that in Physics, for instance, we have come to understand that notions/theories often have some "regime of validity", and that going beyond that leads to problems, and reveals the need for new ideas/theories.

Of course, having a strong consensus in the regime of validity means you better have amazing data...
Northwest · M
Science evolves. An atom is still an atom, but we now know it's made up from smaller elements. The science was not wrong, it evolved.

Science is always about questioning, and evolving.
DDonde · 31-35, M
If you can come up with a better explanation for why something happened that explains things better than the current accepted scientific explanations, then your explanation will become the new scientific explanation.

No actual scientist will tell you that what is the current scientific consensus now or at any time is the absolute truth without question.
Not absolute but the way skepticism has gone lately, It's left a sour taste

 
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