Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoNow that I've got my conclusion, it's time to go look for evidence that only supports said conclusion!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageNow that I've got my conclusion, it's time to go look for evidence that only supports said conclusion!lemmy.worldEp1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareSprocketfree@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoIsn’t this the scientific method? Form a hypothesis and then test said hypothesis?
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoYou test it, yes, but you have to be willing to be wrong. Just looking for everything that proves you’re right is not scientific.
minus-squareSprocketfree@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoI guess I don’t read this as them refusing to learn they are wrong…
Isn’t this the scientific method? Form a hypothesis and then test said hypothesis?
You test it, yes, but you have to be willing to be wrong. Just looking for everything that proves you’re right is not scientific.
I guess I don’t read this as them refusing to learn they are wrong…