Matt Dillon
Semolina comes from wheat
Nope. Just a set of falsifiable theories. That's it. That's all.
Experiments are used to try to break a theory.
Science makes no use of supporting evidence. Only religions do that. It is not possible to prove ANY theory, scientific or otherwise, to be True. It IS possible to show a theory of science to be False. It is NOT possible to show a nonscientific theory to be False.
Some experiments are used to try to formulate a new theory, but a new theory can come from literally anywhere...even from dreams.
As long as the theory can be tested to see if it's false, and it continues to survive, it is automatically part of the body of science. It will remain so until it is falsified.
There is no voting bloc, no consensus, no peer review, no license or degree or credential, no government blessing of any kind, no politics, and no religion. Not even people. It is not any scientist or group of scientists. It is not any society or academy.
It is just the set of falsifiable theories themselves.
To be falsifiable, a theory must be able to be tested for it's null hypothesis (how can I break this theory?). The test must be definable, available, practical to conduct, specific, and produce a specific result. The theory itself must be tested.
Science has no theories about past unobserved events. There is no way to travel back in time to see what actually happened. No amount of supporting evidence will ever prove any theory True.
There are a couple of rules (not methods or procedures).
The first is called the internal consistency check. A theory is an explanatory argument (whether scientific or otherwise). No theory may contain or be based upon a fallacy. It must be a valid argument.
The second is called the external consistency check, and only involves theories of science (not nonscientific theories). No theory of science may conflict with any other theory of science. One or both MUST be falsified.
The only thing that uses supporting evidence is a religion. Science is only interested in falsifying evidence.
Uhh..I'm gonna go with the way I learned it in school. Thanks for understanding!