In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
-- Stephen Jay Gould
   
Stephen Jay Gould   Name:
Stephen Jay Gould
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
American
Birth:
September 10, 1941
Death:
May 20, 2002
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