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Originally Posted by supernova1965
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.
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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.