Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhat are the strengths of the scientific method? What are its weaknesses?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down19
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the strengths of the scientific method? What are its weaknesses?Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoSo then the failure of the scientific method is that people aren’t following it. That’s not so much a problem with the method.
minus-squareryathallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoIf a method can’t practically be followed it’s a sign of a bad method, or at least one that needs modification.
minus-squareemergencyfoodlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoIt’s not that it can’t practically be followed, it is just that everyone running after H-index or whatever the hot thing is now has resulted in a drop in quality.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoIt can easily be followed. Just not within capitalism. Edit: But you’re correct. And that’s what we’re seeing. A modified version.
So then the failure of the scientific method is that people aren’t following it. That’s not so much a problem with the method.
If a method can’t practically be followed it’s a sign of a bad method, or at least one that needs modification.
It’s not that it can’t practically be followed, it is just that everyone running after H-index or whatever the hot thing is now has resulted in a drop in quality.
It can easily be followed. Just not within capitalism.
Edit: But you’re correct. And that’s what we’re seeing. A modified version.