Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by mytydev 1302 days ago
Science can't identify the truth. It can only identify what is NOT true. As our knowledge expands, we get closer to discovering the truth; but we can never be sure we've arrived.
1 comments

Science can also not identify falsehoods, it can only shift confidence.
There’s still an asymmetry in that a single counterexample can destroy a theory.