On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:51:21 -0600 Joshua Marsh <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not sure it's either. In my mind the goal of science it to figure > out how things work. For some people. Science is done by applying the scientific method, which is roughly as follows: * Observe some data. * Form a hypothesis about the data. * Use the hypothesis to make some predictions which can be falsified. Once you introduce the possibility of falsification, you have a theory. * Design experiments to test the predictions. * Do the experiments and see if any of them falsify the theory. * Adjust the theory if possible or discard it. Go back to the first step (with new data, the results of the experiment). You will notice that science is an iterative process. Also, skepticism is a virtue in a scientist, and blindly following authority is a vice. > That will often lead to some theories being > proven and others refuted. Again, science is not concerned with proving theories. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
