The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoA scientific discoverylemmy.worldimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoYes, and in that exact order.
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoWouldn’t the hypothesis be first, then tested via experiment, then after a significant amount of peer review finally confirmed as a theory?
minus-squareRinox@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoYou can have a theory that is not corroborated by an empirical experiment.
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoMaybe. We need to conduct an experiment to prove that.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoNot in science, you can’t. Only in the colloquial versions of those words.
Hypothesis, theory, or experiment?
Yes, and in that exact order.
Wouldn’t the hypothesis be first, then tested via experiment, then after a significant amount of peer review finally confirmed as a theory?
You can have a theory that is not corroborated by an empirical experiment.
So, a hypothesis?
Maybe. We need to conduct an experiment to prove that.
Not in science, you can’t. Only in the colloquial versions of those words.