Science Is the Game That We Have to Play Be Specific So That We Can Find Out as Quickly as Possible Why We're Wrong

You're ultimately looking for a theory of everything who do we call it that yes I'm looking for you know and you know of course we have to admit right up front that the chance that we're right is very very small. Even if we get the truth we can't know that we've gotten it right in science. We can never prove in science that our theories are correct all we can try to do is get evidence that disconfirms which sort of reduces our credit the credibility of our theories. That's how we make progress so the goal is to be bold and precise and that way we can really try.

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