Comments by "Brad Camroux" (@camrouxbg) on "Why You Should Never Say "It's Just A Theory"" video.

  1. The other thing that bothers me is when people claim that something is "proven" by Science. Science doesn't actually deal in proof. Instead, science deals in evidence. Atomic theory and, more generally, physics, contains evidence for the existence of atoms and subatomic particles. Very STRONG evidence. But it does not and cannot prove their existence. The fact that we can do chemistry at all is indeed incontrovertible evidence that atomic theory (in its current form) is correct. But atomic theory (as well as thermodynamics and quantum mechanics) works to explain chemistry. Probably one of my most shocking realizations was when I worked with a Ph.D. in microbiology. He was incredulous when I suggested that science does not deal in proof, then asking "then what does it deal in?" It is astonishing to me that someone with a Ph.D. would not have at least a rudimentary understanding of the philosophy of science. Yet here we are.
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