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“Of course, ‘facts’ aren’t the point: what the scientific process gives you is the least wrong interpretation based on the best available data at the time. It’s all subject to modification, although the scale of the necessary modifications tends to shrink over time as any given hypothesis is tested in more and more varied ways.”

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Book:The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
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