Science: Levels Of Confidence

In my interactions with magical thinkers, one common theme that shows itself is a misunderstanding of the level of confidence held by science regarding its statements. Following is a brief but clear clarification of terms:

A Scientific Hypothesis is an idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world. The two primary features of a scientific hypothesis are falsifiability and testability. Although scientific hypotheses commonly are described as educated guesses, they actually are more informed than a guess. (link)

A Scientific Theory is an in-depth explanation of the observed phenomenon. A Law is a statement about an observed phenomenon or a unifying concept. (link)

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