Why Is Science Considered Self Correcting?

The notion of a self-correcting science is based on the naive model of science as an objective process that incorporates new information and updates beliefs about the world depending on the available evidence. When new information suggests that old beliefs are false, the old beliefs are replaced by new beliefs.

Can science be self-correcting?

The ability to self-correct is considered a hallmark of science. However, self-correction does not always happen to scientific evidence by default. The trajectory of scientific credibility can fluctuate over time, both for defined scientific fields and for science at-large.

What is it about science as a way of knowing that makes its self-correcting?

Science tends to be a "self-correcting" way of knowing about things since whether a fact, law, or theory is considered true or not depends on ongoing observations of nature. ... In science, an educated guess is a hypothesis. So, when someone says "That's only a theory." they are confusing theory and hypothesis.