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Nightshift said
“I disagree, when a scientific publication puts to press an article written by noted astronomical scientist(s), which they do in every months offerings, that makes comments like "Giant black hole is consuming" and "gravitational forces are so powerful they must come from a black hole" and my favourite one, "This Galaxy has at its centre a massive black hole", then the scientific community IS stating this as fact and consider that they do indeed exist.”
Well it’s a practical point really how do you think they should put it. Turn "This Galaxy has at its centre a massive black hole" into observation show there is a large mass at the centre of our galaxy that according to a our current understanding of physics must be a black hole!! Not only would that make every scientific article a chore to read, it would also convey to the reader that scientist where less then confident about they’re understanding. I mean where would this stop, should we have a statement like that every time we mention the theory of relativity? Or QED what about the so-called laws of gravity which we know are actually wrong!!.
No I think your being unreasonable to expect some sort of disclaimer in front of every scientific theory given that the premise is implied in the scientific method itself.
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