Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months 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 · 8 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months 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-up0·8 months 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-up0·8 months 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.
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.