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Originally Posted by bob saunders
Repeated scientific verification supports the theories of relativity, the double-helix structure of DNA and even the theory of natural climate change, providing indisputable proof that these theories are in fact the truth.
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Actually, a physicist recently said to me that that there are parts of the theory of relativity still under debate and parts we suspect are true but cannot fully verify. Also, my father, a retired MD, frequently tells me that many of the things he learned in science & medicine as "absolute, verified truths" several decades ago have since been found wrong.
But just because full consensus on the science in any field is elusive if not impossible, does that mean you cannot or should not act on the best state of knowledge available to you at the time?
And given the projected lead times necessary to make any notable impact on climate change, doesn't continued delay simply make it more impossible to influence the outcome?