In the interview with Professor Firestein, I thought his explanation that since science is iterative, revision is a victory. When thinking about the great scientific discoveries, curiosity is what leads to new ideas and theories although these theories are often not fully proven. Uncertainty in science is inevitable because we do not have all the information necessary in order to always definitively prove an idea. Many times, we can only hypothesize and find supporting evidence and it is up to future scientists to revise these hypotheses with newfound knowledge.
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