This image illustrates a gravitational lensing effect due to the distortion of space by mass. This is one prediction where Einstein’s theory of relativity gave the right answer where Newton’s did not. But even with this, it’s impossible to ‘prove’ Einstein right. Image credit: NASA, ESA, and Johan Richard (Caltech, USA); Acknowledgements: Davide de Martin & James Long (ESA/Hubble).

Scientific Proof Is A Myth

Science can do a whole lot of things, but proving a scientific theory is still an impossibility.

You’ve heard of our greatest scientific theories: the theory of evolution, the Big Bang theory, the theory of gravity. You’ve also heard of the concept of a proof, and the claims that certain pieces of evidence prove the validities of these theories. Fossils…