Why do some, if not all, scientific papers use inconclusive language/words like “could”, “may”, “suggests”, “indicates” ?

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Purposefully “vague” or “inconclusive” language like the following examples are frequently used in studies:

“Our study indicates that”

“The findings suggest”

“We postulate to…”

“may stop germs”

Why is this? Is it simply because they literally can’t conclude anything 100%? I read the following quote on a different thread, and perhaps this could somehow lead me to an answer, ” Science cannot prove; it can only disprove”?

Many thanks!

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Me rolling a “6” twenty times in a row with my red dice suggest that it may be piped. Or I just got VERY VERY VERY lucky.

But there is also a chance that it’s the table I rolled it on that’s wrong.

Still I can say that my null hypothesis that my dice is normal is strongly improbable. Therefore my research indicates that my dice could be heavily piped.

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