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A scientific theory can never be disproven.
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Scientific theories are meant to be falsifiable: if they make predictions that conflict with reliable observations or experiments, they can be refuted or revised. Examples: observations of Mercury’s orbit and experiments at high speeds falsified parts of Newtonian mechanics, leading to relativity; phlogiston theory was replaced by oxygen chemistry. In practice theories that survive extensive testing are well supported but not immune to being overturned or modified by new evidence.
Scientific theories are meant to be falsifiable: if they make predictions that conflict with reliable observations or experiments, they can be refuted or revised. Examples: observations of Mercury’s orbit and experiments at high speeds falsified parts of Newtonian mechanics, leading to relativity; phlogiston theory was replaced by oxygen chemistry. In practice theories that survive extensive testing are well supported but not immune to being overturned or modified by new evidence.
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