Prove it to Me

In Science, we don’t just display the results of our experiments. We are to explain the results displayed and prove that they are true. We must not assume that everyone will understand the results we display. Hutton’s and other scientists’ needed to convince others of the meaning of their observations because they refused to believe what they were told. Usually, we are told what data tells or shows us. In other words, another person’s understanding and view of the given data is forced onto the others. The others accept what they’re told without an argument and without thinking it through. Hutton and other scientists needed to convince others of their observations because the others refused to be told what to accept without an argument. They also wanted to make sure what they were being told was true. They refused to accept a single person’s view on the observations the heard about.