The Scientific Revolution created more hardcore scientific techniques to prove theories. It also sparked a time when the sciences of the times came under scrutiny and new theories were explored, and...
Scientists required proof before accepting theories as facts. They used more experiments. They relied more on observation. They relied more on clear evidence.
Alchemists and 'philosophers' throughout history never had any problem proving their ideas, through skillful and efficacious implementation of the data-processing method known technically as...