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The agreement of an observation or experiment with a hypothesis does not on its own prove the hypothesis correct. It merely makes its correctness more likely. The hypothesis must agree with other aspects of the scientific framework of knowledge, and survive the test of repeated experiments by other people working independently. Over time, the accumulation of data will tend to confirm or refute a hypothesis.  

The agreement of an observation or experiment with a hypothesis does not on its own prove the hypothesis correct. It merely makes its correctness more likely. The hypothesis must agree with other aspects of the scientific framework of knowledge, and survive the test of repeated experiments by other people working independently. Over time, the accumulation of data will tend to confirm or refute a hypothesis.  

Scientists may be influenced by their world-views to look for certain results that fit a preconception. The test of objectivity and rigor imposed on their work by the need for other scientists to replicate it tends to make the truth-seeking facility of the scientific method prevail in the long run,<ref>Wolfs, Frank L. H.?, [http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/phy_labs/AppendixE/AppendixE.html Introduction to the Scientific Method]</ref>

Scientists may be influenced by their world-views to look for certain results that fit a preconception. The test of objectivity and rigor imposed on their work by the need for other scientists to replicate it tends to make the truth-seeking facility of the scientific method prevail in the long run,<ref>Wolfs, Frank L. H.?, [http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/phy_labs/AppendixE/AppendixE.html Introduction to the Scientific Method]</ref> although this is difficult where the world-view is widespread.

although this is difficult where the world-view is widespread.

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