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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Never say never. Literally! You don’t know if something is ‘never’ or ‘always’ true.
You don’t know if your new apple pealing device peals ‘every type of apple’, because you would have to test every type of apple in the world to make sure this is true.
Like the apples, you can’t say something is ‘true’ even after research. Like your quote: you can only prove things are not true (and even that is not nearly always conclusive).
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