Czy możliwe jest proroctwo w nauce?
Is Prophecy in Science Possible?

Summary/Abstract: The presented text deals with methods of prediction in science, with particular attention paid to physical science. The article’s objective entails discussing the role and functions fulfilled in physics by symmetry treated as “inspired guesswork”. This unusual idea, inaugurated in deep antiquity, today too plays a fundamental role in the creation of physical theories and decides about the ability to predict within their range. The author attempts to describe the very essence of the comprehension of symmetry and to depict its functioning in contemporary physics theories. Attention is drawn also to philosophical implications associated with the discussed question.

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