Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoNow that I've got my conclusion, it's time to go look for evidence that only supports said conclusion!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1296arrow-down142
arrow-up1254arrow-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 · 7 days agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareSprocketfree@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·6 days agoIsn’t this the scientific method? Form a hypothesis and then test said hypothesis?
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 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-up2·5 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…