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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago

On the one hand you are right, on the other hand, especially paleontology is basing their facts on very, very shaky evidence and a massive amount of extrapolation.

So I assume that it’s wrong until undeniably proven otherwise by the scientific method.

So you assume everything is wrong? Because in fact, that's not how the scientific method works at all.

Outside of the very few fields that are pure and untouched by reality, like e.g. maths, there are no proofs, and certainly no undeniable proofs in science. Everything is "just" a theory and is used until proven wrong or otherwise refined. Usually a theory with a decent amount of evidence, but nothing is proven beyond deniability in science. That's religion you are thinking about.