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Gravitational waves: A new type of astronomy

Terry 6 Silver badge

Re: Poor science

Scientific theory says that you can never prove anything to be true. The most that you can do is to make a prediction based on the observed evidence and test that. If the prediction proves true the hypothesis stands until disproved ( "falsified") or until the weight of evidence is such that no alternative is feasible.

So evolution can be reasonably held "true": There is no rational alternative explanation of observed phenomena.

Black holes likewise.

Dark matter and dark energy are the best possible explanations for the existence of a universe that remains stable while expanding, with the current understanding of visible mass, But a better explanation may arise out of new observations.

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