Data and science

Data does not dictate scientist’s thoughts it only gives them a guide to look for new explanations of the world. Data for a scientist is not the end of the line because that data might be true that day but in the future it could change. Especially for Hutton since he was a geologist he recognized that the world was always changing.Huttons biggest theory to the history of geology was that small changes happen over long periods of time. This directly influences the truth of data not creating scientists thoughts but scientists create data.