Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat are the strengths of the scientific method? What are its weaknesses?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the strengths of the scientific method? What are its weaknesses?Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoReplication rarely happens and in many cases is outright impossible due to lack of shared code. Things should be replicable, but that hasn’t been the case for a while.
minus-squareboyi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agothe correct term you need is ‘unachievable’, not ‘false’. […] anyway, it depends on the field and type of study.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThat’s just wordplay to make the problem seem like it’s not as big of a problem.
minus-squareforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoCommon standards for language formally used in a specific field/profession/discipline aren’t “wordplay” lol
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThis isn’t a professional forum. Playing the “it’s a technical term” game is absolutely wordplay.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSo then the failure of the scientific method is that people aren’t following it. That’s not so much a problem with the method.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIf a method can’t practically be followed it’s a sign of a bad method, or at least one that needs modification.
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s not that it can’t practically be followed, it is just that everyone running after H-index or whatever the hot thing is now has resulted in a drop in quality.
Replication rarely happens and in many cases is outright impossible due to lack of shared code.
Things should be replicable, but that hasn’t been the case for a while.
the correct term you need is ‘unachievable’, not ‘false’. […] anyway, it depends on the field and type of study.
That’s just wordplay to make the problem seem like it’s not as big of a problem.
Common standards for language formally used in a specific field/profession/discipline aren’t “wordplay” lol
This isn’t a professional forum. Playing the “it’s a technical term” game is absolutely wordplay.
So then the failure of the scientific method is that people aren’t following it. That’s not so much a problem with the method.
If a method can’t practically be followed it’s a sign of a bad method, or at least one that needs modification.
It’s not that it can’t practically be followed, it is just that everyone running after H-index or whatever the hot thing is now has resulted in a drop in quality.