Inconclusiveness of science

Science functions in incremental pieces, thus scientific findings are often tentative and inconclusive and may even contradict themselves. The public has no way of knowing how long a much publicized theory will actually be 'correct' - or in vogue.

For years scientists have correlated high blood pressure with a diet too rich in salt, but recent research reports that high blood pressure may actually result from a diet deficient in calcium, potassium, vitamins and salt.

1. Uncertainty

1. Uncertainties in animal experimentation
2. Indeterminacy of death
3. Inaccurate forecasting

1. Untested efficacy of environmental policy
2. Inadequacy of medical science
3. Complacency in science

1. Reductionism
2. Procrastination of science in the face of the unexplained
3. Limitation of current scientific knowledge
4. Atomism
5. Affectation

1. Addressing inconclusiveness of science

1. Inconclusiveness