[Fester Chugabrew]

So much for stellar astronomy.

Not at all. It's just that so many assumptions ought be presented as such. It's that simple. Statements of absolute certainty are more limited than science typically admits. Did you not point out that the mathematical proposition of 1 + 1 = 2 required 80 pages to prove, and that even the proof was subject to correction?

The reputation of science does not suffer from admitting a lack of certitude, but it will suffer if it asserts certitude where there is none.

[donh]

It's that simple. Statements of absolute certainty are more limited than science typically admits.

Which is relevant to nothing, since science makes no claims with absolute certainty.

[stremba]

Science NEVER makes statements of absolute certainty, so I'm not sure what your point is.