Tag: scientific method
13 quotes
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Tackle small problems first, so that if success smiles and strength increases one may then undertake the great feats of investigation.
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Science is about curiosity. It’s about rigor. It’s about doubting yourself. It’s about doubting your peers. It’s about applying a strict methodology to problem solving, to arrive at results. That’s the soul of science. That’s what...
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The scientific method is nothing more than a system of rules to keep us from lying to each other.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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All models are wrong; some models are useful.
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We should not 'move fast and break things' ! Instead we should use the Scientific Method: •Thoughtful deliberation and foresight •Hypothesis generation • Rigorous, careful and controlled testing •Update based on empirical data (with...
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Science and reality have an anti-hyper-individualist bias.
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Being wrong is a normal and inevitable part of the scientific process. We scientists do our best with the tools we have, until new tools extend our senses and let us probe more deeply, broadly, or precisely. Over time, new discoveries lead us to...
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What evidence would you need to see to change your mind? The honest answer to this question is usually: I need a new story that’s more immediate, more vivid and most of all, more culturally aligned than the one I have now. It took humans 100,000...
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Every science must devise its own instruments.
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Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best 20-20 hindsight. It’s good for seeing where you’ve been. It’s good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can’t tell you where you ought to go.
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What I cannot create, I do not understand.