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Old 23-03-2011, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by supernova1965 View Post
Isn't that how we learn stuff to take evidence and then to extrapolate and form a theory and then prove that theory to be fact. If scientists didn't extrapolate we would learn nothing.
Extrapolation is fine as a starting point, as a working hypothesis.. driving force ... like "This could be, lets see if it's true.." but is nowhere near proving something to be true.
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