Matthew's Journal

I think that describes maths, not science.

Science is about refining and testing and disproving models of the world. Almost no science is about proving anything to be _right_ ; the best you can ever say is "we haven't yet found any counter-evidence to our model".

I think that much of the media think science is as you describe, and this is one of the big reasons why the media so often mis-represent science so badly. [ The whole "oh look, they've changed their minds about what foods are good and bad for you" style of reporting, for instance ].