How to Identify a Scientific Fact

Re:How to Identify a Scientific Fact by marifjeren on Thursday December 29, 2022 @08:32PM (#34180577)

Allow me to save you a click:

"established scientific facts can be identified via a solid (>95%) international scientific consensus"

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Re:How to Identify a Scientific Fact by jonbake on Thursday December 29, 2022 @08:41PM (#34180670)

Is that really a fact? It seems like _scientific fact_ is a misnomer. Nothing can ever be a fact in science, even with 95% consensus.

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Re:How to Identify a Scientific Fact by marifjeren on Thursday December 29, 2022 @09:12PM (#34180952)

I'm just quoting the article. Agreed though, perhaps nothing is a fact.

All statements are false. Some are useful.

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