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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Scientists do nothing but guess; in fact that's what probability is. It's a best guess based on incomplete data and an incomplete understanding of that data.
It's the best we can manage given our infinitely limited understanding, though.
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They don't guess - they build models, based on data - and then refine the models as they get more data. Probability is based on data, and the variation from the mean.