A beautiful description of the scientific method:
He doesn't say, "if it agrees with experiment, it is right!". He says, "If it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong!"
We make this mistake many times - finding some pattern in the world that matches our hypothesis and then accepting it as "proven". To gain true understanding, we ought to look for patterns that go against our hypothesis.
He doesn't say, "if it agrees with experiment, it is right!". He says, "If it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong!"
We make this mistake many times - finding some pattern in the world that matches our hypothesis and then accepting it as "proven". To gain true understanding, we ought to look for patterns that go against our hypothesis.
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