That's a bit cynical. Richard Dawkins the atheist says that the theory that there is a teapot orbiting beyond Mars cannot be disproved. If we take the word "proof" to be an absolute 100.000000% concept, then nothing is ever proved. Or it can be corrupted eg "The Proof is in the Bible."
Give yourself credit for your academic efforts. You have to do more than regurgitate other people's ideas to get a degree. Science is questioning, not acceptance. And you need to have the scientific mindset to appreciate where the bulls..t lies. Most people would believe the Ad men that a "high energy low calorie" food is really good for you. (Calories measure energy)
Hi Patr801
I a not denying there is some relevance, and hard work to getting a degree. Yet at the undergraduate level one basically proves little more than they are capable of understanding and coping with what it takes to "learn" at that level. Yes science is about questioning, however once the questioning has expired, there is little to do but accept what could be viable until such time as further evidentiary material is available. I have gone further than the basic degree, but feel no use in stating those, as they were post graduate studies from pure interest.
I just get tired of the statement of something being a "scientific fact", when in reality such could be scientifically viable, but rarely, if ever, an established fact.
A clear case of this is the "evolutionary fact" that we come from primates, yet in physiological terms we are more closely related to pigs. We share the same blood groups, DNA profiling and organs types, all three of which we apparently share with no other life form. I am not saying we come from pigs, just that we share common physiological traits. That will probably become the matter of further research one day as well.
Hopefully I have clarified myself a bit better.
Regards
Tjupurula
