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Because science is an empirical enterprise, it follows that new evidence is constantly being discovered that contradicts previous knowledge. Science is characterized by a willingness to let new evidence correct previous beliefs. This makes science different from perhaps every other human enterprise. Courts appeal to the Constitution, religion appeal to the writings of prophets, and institution appeal to their traditions. Science, however, is characterized by a commitment to change based on empirical evidence. A notable example is provided by the French Academy of Sciences, which had a debate in the 18th century, about whether stones fell from the sky. When the Academy concluded, on the basis of the best evidence at the time, that stones did not fall from the sky, museums discarded priceless collections of what we now know to be meteorites. Today, as a direct result of more empirical evidence, the existence of meteorites is common knowledge.
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