What scientific term would contain the greatest amount of information that scientists consider to be true to the best of their knowledge?

Answer 1

A few thoughts...

Any scientific theory, conjecture, or hypothesis that claims a model is true is, if we are speaking of the natural sciences, in my opinion, by definition unprovable.

Although science can only show that observations agree (or disagree) with our models, the idea that our models are accurate is beyond its purview.

Thus, "true to the best of their knowledge" has a somewhat restricted application.

Something like "The Earth is more than 4.5 billion years old" is the kind of hypothesis that we might consider proven beyond a reasonable doubt, but even that claim could be contested by what we might consider to be irrational theories.

Certain statements may be provably true, but only in their abstract contexts, if we are discussing the so-called pure sciences. We should acknowledge that we are applying abstract models to reality when we make such an application.

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Answer 2

The scientific term that contains the greatest amount of information that scientists consider to be true to the best of their knowledge is typically referred to as a "scientific theory."

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When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.

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