[kvhsuasc] Theories cannot be disproven

The traditional scientific method mantra goes, theories or hypotheses can only be disproven, not proven.

However, if we include the ever-present possibility of experimental error (in every replicated experiment purporting to disprove it), theories can never be disproven for certainty, either.

"Everything is probabilities" is a worldview philosophically opposed to the scientific method.  Though in practice, compatible and very helpful.

Inspired by Jenny McCarthy's disproven "vaccinations cause autism".