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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Of course we are wrong, but we are less wrong now then we were 100 years ago.
Wrong is not black and white, its relative. Its wrong to say the planets orbit the sun in a circle, but its less wrong then saying they orbit the earth, and thats less wrong then saying they are chariots of the gods.
It was wrong to think we had cured all infectious diseases with anti-biotics, but that was less wrong then thinking disease was caused by bad air and could be cured with good air, which is less wrong then thinking disease was caused by demons and they needed to be scared from the body.
We may never get it right, but we can always be less wrong.
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Extremely well put.
Theoretical science is the basis for ALL advances in our civilization. Scientific theory is in fact, supposed to be wrong, and begs those who follow to find the errors. The human mind seems to be designed to question percieved fact, and at times can be truly brilliant as an editor. At other times a truly inspired author. It is through this theoretic gameplay that we begin to define reality, or at least the one we see.