Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoNow that I've got my conclusion, it's time to go look for evidence that only supports said conclusion!imagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down142
arrow-up1259arrow-down1imageNow that I've got my conclusion, it's time to go look for evidence that only supports said conclusion!Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareSprocketfree@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·6 months agoIsn’t this the scientific method? Form a hypothesis and then test said hypothesis?
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months 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-up2·6 months 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…