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Letter: Prove it

Published 15 January 2014

From Philip Colfox

In his letter, Bruce Dinham does economics a disservice when extolling the definability and measurability of science while alleging the reverse for economics (21/28 December 2013, p 45).

The truth is nearer to a reality where nothing is certain, not even nothing. There is no such proof as scientific proof, and even mathematical proof is debatable.
Bridport, Dorset, UK

Issue no. 2952 published 18 January 2014

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