# Americas: Census at contact myth

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-census-at-contact-myth/578309>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 14, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-census-at-contact-myth/578309 "2011-04-14T00:45:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-census-at-contact-myth/578309/145 "2011-04-16T03:15:14Z")

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> [@pinguin](#):
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> Now, a principle nobody should forget: SCIENCE IS BASED ON **PROOFS**!!

Utterly wrong. You clearly know nothing about science.

The one thing that science is \*never \*about is proof. Science relies entirely upon the concept of falsifiability. Once anything is proven then it ceases to be science.

Mathematics deals in proofs. Science \*never \*deals in proofs. Ever.

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