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[[Andrew Schlafly | Andrew Schlafly]] cited the lack of a Wikipedia page on "elementary proof" as
[[Andrew Schlafly | Andrew Schlafly]] cited the lack of a Wikipedia page on "elementary proof" as
proof of [[Examples_of_Bias_in_Wikipedia | bias in Wikipedia]]. Ironically, at that time Conservapedia did not even have a page on "proof".
proof of [[Examples_of_Bias_in_Wikipedia | bias in Wikipedia]]. Ironically, at that time Conservapedia did not even have a page on "proof".
==Scientific proof==
Unlike the [[theorem | theorems]] of [[mathematics | mathematics]], [[science | science]] does not seek to prove that its [[theory | theories]] are true. Instead, the [[scientific method | scientific method]] seeks to check whether the predictions implied by a theory are observed in nature. Therefore, as philosopher of science [[Karl Popper | Karl Popper]] argued, science can show that a theory is false. But science ''can never prove'' that a theory is true.