Is science able to confirm anything without doubt?”
Here’s an example. Newton’s law of gravitation is a postulate (basic property of matter that is observed many times over, but not provable by deductive reasoning). Mathematics is pure logic (in this example, calculus). Using both gravitation and calculus, the elliptical orbits of planets and parabolic or hyperbolic trajectories of comets can be predicted and measured very accurately. Deviations from prediction can be corrected when the effects of more than 2 bodies (minor effects) are accounted for. Moreover, the path of a space probe can be accurately predicted and controlled (corrected) using the two fundamental facts (1) gravitation and (2) calculus. Many other scientific predictions are regularly confirmed by observation and experiment using fundamental theories and mathematics. The reason some scientific findings are indisputable lies in the fact that they can be “immediately” predicted and confirmed. Other theories (especially explanations of past events) remain unsubstantiated b
