In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. - Stephen Jay Gould

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Stephen Jay Gould: "In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms."

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Apples	Assent	Classrooms	Confirmed
Degree	Equal	Fact	Mean
Merit	Might	Perverse	Physics
Possibility	Provisional	Rise	Science
Start	Such	Suppose	Time
Tomorrow	Withhold

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