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Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:02:22 UTC No. 16431562
Is there a scientific method? Is there a procedure that all scientists follow or does everyone get their results in their own way?
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:58:47 UTC No. 16431647
>>16431562
>make an observation (experiment)
>explain the observation (theory)
>deduce further observations from the explanation (predictions)
>make new observations
>check if they match predictions
>if they don’t, throw out your theory and start over
>if they do, keep making more accurate and precise observations until they don’t
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:00:34 UTC No. 16431653
>>16431647
What observations is this based on?
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:06:00 UTC No. 16431668
>>16431653
None. The scientific method is basically the result of the empiricist school of philosophical thought. Neither Aristotelean, Platonic nor rationalist thought justifies the scientific method.
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:07:54 UTC No. 16431672
>>16431668
Then how can you say that this is the procedure that all scientists follow?
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:31:36 UTC No. 16431736
>>16431672
Because otherwise they won’t be scientists by definition. That is of course assuming a very idealistic thinking that pertains to Enlightenment era science. Modern soicence is more like
>come up with bullshit that hits the golden middle between in vogue and original to get the grant
>cook up some data to match your bullshit
>don’t bother with replications or predictions because that shit doesn’t get citations
>wait until your grant is over to come up with new bullshit
>go to back step one
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:42:28 UTC No. 16431769
>>16431736
Whose definition?
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:42:50 UTC No. 16431771
>>16431769
The empiricists'.
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:49:00 UTC No. 16431788
>>16431771
And how does this definition relate to those who are commonly understood as scientists?
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:52:41 UTC No. 16431798
>>16431788
As today's scientists or scientist of yore? The latter did what I described in the very first post ITT. The former are bastard children of the latter corrupted and twisted into glorified government employees by the insatiable needs of our technological society.
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:08:43 UTC No. 16431927
Yes.
Also, yes.