True or False. We can prove a theory to be correct by performing the right experiment.?

If false why? thanks =D


True or False. We can prove a theory to be correct by performing the right experiment.?
This is a false statement.





In science, you cannot prove anything. You can only support or disprove it.





A theory refers to an outcome of a particular experiment that has been tested and tested over and over, always producing the same results. True or False. We can prove a theory to be correct by performing the right experiment.?
Our theories (at least most of them) are based on our observations. Our observations are limited by our technology and can not really prove (in the scientific definition) that a theory is correct, complete, and will always be true. Example, regardless of how many times you see the sun rise in the east, you can not prove that the sun will rise tomorrow. You can prove that there is a very very high probability it will rise tomorrow but that is not the same as ';Proof';. You can certainly increase the ';strength'; of your theory thru careful experimental design but, again, that is different than absolute ';proof';.
False. You can only Disprove a theory. We only assume a theory is true when attempts to disprove it have failed.