How much of science is fact?

[Bocaj2000]

With that said, I don't know if science can be trusted. What was fact a hundred years ago is now seen as naive hypotheses. Atomic theory used to be a joke, and even then the model of an atom became outdated within a few years. In physics, there are particles that make up protons and neutrons. From what we ?know? they are composed of quarks. It?s interesting, but I?ve never seen atoms, let alone quarks. And even if they do exist, how do we have a measurement of their mass? I don't know if I can trust if the speed of light is 300,000,000 meters per second. I don't see how it is possible for anyone to know that.

The idea of dinosaurs is also ridiculous. How can they date fossils? How do we know how accurate carbon dating is? Three million years is a long time and provides a large chance of error. The way dinosaurs look has changed a lot also. What was fact ten years ago is now outdated. Our knowledge of dinosaurs is changing at a steady rate. Theory that will never be fact is constantly changing and will always be accepted by the scientific community as well as the public.

/rant

 

[Skreeee]

 

[Proteus214]

The idea of dinosaurs is also ridiculous. How can they date fossils? How do we know how accurate carbon dating is?

/face

palm

Please pick up a science textbook and turn to the chapter about radioactive materials and the half life of carbon-14. Good day sir.

 

[grimsprice]

Science is only ever best guesses. A scientist never claims that his/her theories or hypotheses are 'fact'.

And, a lot of what you said up there is just simply ignorance. Ignorance isn't so much of an insult, it simply means you don't know. But thats ok, it gives you a lot of chances to learn.

 

[Bocaj2000]

Shit, forgot to say, i'm not questioning the ideas. I'm just saying how what we know is always changing.

 

[messy]

So your problem is science is constantly evolving and refining itself instead of sitting around. You've also listed only a few things which seriously discounts a lot of discoveries.

And anyway nothing outside of mathematics can be truly proven, but a lot of things are pretty darn close.

 

[Seanchaidh]

Science is the best method for the apprehension and understanding of facts, but the results of the method are never absolutely certain.

 

[DrunkWithPower]

Well... with science they usually have to test their theories, even if it's in a smaller form. The dinosaur typing changes as technology is becoming better.(Akward wording on the last line.)

 

[Nmil-ek]

At this moment you are sitting infront of possibly the largest, detailed network of information the world will likley ever see and you choose to ask on a game forum? Do some godamned research, go google it and look at acurate sites and learn.

 

[antipunt]

You people aren't even worth the effort anymore. I just facepalm and move on.

^This. Also, newsflash: Science is a -process-

 

[gavinator93]

The idea of dinosaurs is also ridiculous. How can they date fossils? How do we know how accurate carbon dating is?

/face

palm

Please pick up a science textbook and turn to the chapter about radioactive materials and the half life of carbon-14. Good day sir.

damn ninjad

 

[Skreeee]

Wow...just wow. Im going to back out of here, without calling you names or tell you what i really think. Just please refrain from posting flame bait. Kids these days...

And this ^, thank you my lady.

Glad to be of service. ;p

 

[El Poncho]

Well this man here says something about science , also he is pretty funny (it's about 1min50secs in) .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIaV8swc-fo

 

[ZeroMachine]

o_o

I...

... you...

... what? Ow... my... head...

What just happened? Where am I? Why does it smell like someone was overthinking relatively simple things waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to fucking much in here?

 

[TheLastCylon]

Um, do you have any better ideas?

 

[CIA]

Yes true, but does that mean it can't be trusted? I think not. Something else you learn in science class is to challenge existing principles. Change just means it keeps getting better and more accurate. I think I like that.

 

[Canadian Fodder]

Science is based on what scientists hypothesize and then try to prove it after. Only when it has been proven through multiple tests and the documented results are the same it is fact. However, another scientist can come along a think differently and try to prove why that is. This is also the main difference between now and medieval times.