Science is all those things which are confirmed to such a degree that …

Stephen Jay Gould
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Science is all those things which are confirmed to such a degree that it would be unreasonable to withhold one's provisional consent.
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Science is all those things which are confirmed to such a degree that it would be unreasonable to withhold one's provisional consent.

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