Do you wholeheartedly trust science?

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Yes

Somewhat

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Well you shouldn't, scientists don't.

I wish there were a disclaimer on a bunch of the speculations, facts, statistics, which politicians and intellectuals alike delight to cite; it would go something like: It is possible this statement is irreplicable, false, meaningless, or insignificant.

It is difficult to claim certain knowledge of truth, so be wary of those who do.

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SW-User

well certain things in science is fixed. known as truths some are speculations and change as new data is presented.

Winterwanderer · 26-30, M

Certain things in science are 'more likely' true as they been observed multiple times to appear a certain way, even the fundamentals of science cannot be claimed absolutely, though they can maybe be claimed with more confidence, still not fixed, or known, or 'true'.

Science has often shifted paradigmatically when the fundamentals have been seen to be incorrect and insufficient, now we have a different paradigm that could quite possibly be wrong as previous examples.

I don't think we really [i]need[/i] certainty to conduct science, I don't think that's what it's about, science is about speculation of the truth, not necessarily the truth; I think that's how science should be treated and that's how people should view science - as a method of speculating the truth/nature of this world & its laws.

Some speculations are more validated and strong than others, but even strong and validated speculations can be wrong.