“We can define a fact as an observation backed up by such a preponderance of evidence that no useful purpose would be served by doubting it.”

—  Mordechai Ben-Ari

Source: Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science (2005), Chapter 3, “Words Scientists Don’t Use: At Least Not the Way You Do” (p. 46)

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