... behaves/works. Then we try to verify it, with the knowledge we have, to show that the pattern will continue to hold true in the future (prove that there are no exceptions). The certainty of science lies within the idea of falsifiability (principle of falsifiability by Karl Popper) or in other words the idea of the existence of variants and the fact that some patterns can be proved wrong. One can see a pattern forming, and to 'prove' (very general and loose use of the word prove) the pattern, he can try to find irregularities or things that don't fit the pattern. If this does not happen, a natural law is formed. This is generally how natural laws are formed and it is through these natural laws that we can understand how things work. With science and natural laws, things that happen in the world can be explained with ...

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