The public has a distorted view of science, because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries. - Freeman Dyson

@PhysInHistory Science is now and always has been, guess work. It has no absolutes whatsoever.

@biggbear59 @PhysInHistory It's not guess work, it's a system of finding out stuff. Hypothesis, theory, experimentation, proof