Homework 10

1. Nothing in science can be proven, because science is just an attempt to understand unexplainable phenomena which can only be observed in by humans in a limited number of ways. E.g. something can be observed 10^1000 times in a controlled setting and occur exactly the same each time, but on the 10^1000+1th time something could go differently and never occur again for quite some time. Man just forms patterns of what he sees and if an event goes the same for extended periods of time, he will think that it will continue to go that way and perform accordingly. Though, again, not all the variables are controlled, leaving room for error or some unforeseen event; too, not all the variables are known to man, thus leaving even more chance for error. Only in things contrived by man can there be absolute proof or acxiom, for all the bounds are set by man and there are no hidden things from outside which could effect a mischance. Though, in science there can be no proof.

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