The progress of science is bumpy, punctuated
Channel: adelaideclimatenews
Date: 2011-07-10

theories don't become accepted as 'truth' simply because they explain observations better (though this is usually essential), they become truth when enough people and institutions are pulled into line behind the theory, and this usually involves a lot of social and cultural activity where scientists go round gathering support from different places, not just scientists and other scientific institutions. The creation of 'truth' in the social sense (where every one agrees something is true and acts as if it is) can be seen to be unattainable when scientists are unable to make these alignments - evolution and climate change being great examples.