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. . . It is not news, because as Popper and others have
pointed out, it is never possible for science to establish
the "truth" of such propositions.
We don't /know/ F=ma. [2]
We don't /know/ F=GmM/r^2 [3]
We can disprove such propositions, but never prove them.
The highest praise we can give such a proposition is to say it
is "good enough for all practical purposes, so far as we know". . . .