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Well, yes and no. You can never prove science. As I said, proving something only proves its correct under those very conditions. You can disprove science, but you can't prove it. One can argue that math can be proven, which is correct. Math by itself is not science, though, its a tool used by scientists. If math were proven to be incorrect, a large majority of science would fall apart.Not everything in science is theory. There are plenty of facts proven through scientific method. Theories are logical explianations that cannot be proven as fact, for one reason or another(i.e. we're missing something, or are physically unable to recreate or observe it.)
I can't think of many things proven through science. Evolution is only a theory which is supported through various findings and observations, it isn't proven. While it is called the law of gravity, gravity by itself can't directly be proven to be correct in ALL situations, as all situations are impossible to observe. It is merely supported by observation and findings.
btw, it is unethical for a scientist to change various variables until it fits his theory. This is a good example on why science don't struggle to prove things right, but instead struggle to disprove itself.
I never said science is religion, and if I did, I appologize. I said that they are based on the same fundamentals. Yes, science is based on observation, but s both you and I said, the reason they exist is due to our desire to understand the world. The very base of both science and religion is based upon theories, and believing that those theories are true. The largest difference is that religion is the same, and is based on things that are almost impossible to disprove. Science, however, is a struggle to constanty disprove itself. This is why, in my oppinion, science is more likely to be correct then religion, as science evolves and changes.I must strongly disagree with Uzor's statement that science is a religion, though. They're very different animals. They may arise from the desire to understand our world, but the ways they go about it are diametrically opposed. The scientific method is based, among other things, on observation of the natural world, experimentation and being able to replicate results.
Religion is based on interpretation of "revelations" that may or may not exist entirely in one person's mind and can never be replicated. You just have to trust the person who says they're getting messages from the gods. They could be flying high on LSD or deliberately misleading you about what they experienced.