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Originally Posted by cacophony

technically if it's proven it's not a theory anymore, it's a law.

And laws don't exist outside of formal logic/mathematics. The most formal way to prove a scientific theory inductively, IE by emperical evidence is by using something like bayesian inference, where it becomes a probability whether or not something is really "proven" or better put, never to be disproved. This is because of the uncertainties inherent in inductive reasoning outlined by Hume back in the day. But when the fuck are we ever going to hear that from science friday on npr? let alone 11 o'clock news?

But yeah, the best that can be said is "look, this what increasingly appears to be indisputable, and is a damn sight better than yer dino bronco busting messiah.