In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse… — Stephen Jay Gould
In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent."
Evolution as Fact and Theory · 1983
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Gould, Stephen Jay. "Evolution as Fact and Theory." Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes. W. W. Norton & Company, 1983, ch. 19.
