• Question: How do we know science is correct

    Asked by unicorn to Aaron, David, Elaine, Sarah, Zoe on 11 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Zoe Roberts

      Zoe Roberts answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Great question! Science uses what’s known as repeatability. We make a prediction, we do an experiment, we record what happens and we draw conclusions from what we saw. This process is repeated again and again. Over time these theories are made and then tested by others. Some theories stand for a long time and others don’t. Rather than using ‘correct’ I would choose ‘provable’.

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      David Foley answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      We don’t. Science is constantly evolving as our knowledge grows. What is “fact” now may one day be challenged by an experiment that produces unexplainable results – unexplainable by the old theory, but explainable by a new one!

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