True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person.
Science is a self-correcting discipline that can, in subsequent generations, show that previous ideas were not correct.
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Science is a self-correcting discipline that can, in subsequent generations, show that previous ideas were not correct.
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