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If facts by themselves never prove or disprove anything, what else is involved in the proof of a statement?
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If facts by themselves never prove or disprove anything, what else what else is involved in the proof of a statement? What is proof? This question is one that most scientists have asked themselves for centuries. I myself have come across this very question when studying the subject of evolution in biology. I asked myself 'what more do people need to accept evolution as a truth?' this is when the word proof came into play. I could not understand, for me, the facts about evolution were proofs, proofs that evolution is indeed the reason for human existence, as well as the existence of all the other forms of life inhabiting our planet today. But I soon learnt that this did not apply to everyone. So I began to ask myself what else was needed to make evolution, or any other statement a true statement? I always thought that a proof...
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