Can Science Prove somethng 100%?

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So many answers I get regarding the theory of "Global Warming" deal with science not being able to determine anything to be 100% proven.

For example this comment is common - "The only absolutes in science are the immutable laws of the universe (and even these aren't 100%). Everything else is probabilities. For most natural science 90-95% is as good as it gets."

So if nothing can be proven false, then is everything considered probable? Do people who believe like this think there's a chance that Alchemists are correct, or there's some chance that Creationism is the best explanation for man's presents on Earth? Do they believe there's just a slight chance that the Geocentric Model of the Universe is correct?

This seems like a silly way to think, as it is far from reality.

What are your thoughts, or how do you defend this position?
 
Well gravity could be considered 95% maybe, AGW at the best probably 1% so there a reasonable range there to examine.
 
It actually works more the other way around.

You can never truly prove a theory, as that would take an infinite number of experiments, yet just one test can prove a theory false.

Theories like alchemy (as you are thinking of it), geocentricism, etc. have been PROVEN false a long time ago. But that's not to say that the current models are 100% correct.

P.S. on a sub-atomic level, alchemy is possible (it's done in the same way new, ultra-dense elements are formed), and it has been done. However, it is so costly that it will likely never be used regularly.
 
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