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In defense of the scientific method. The methodology of studying reality.

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As a stark raving scientist, I've become woeful over the decades as science has been undermined by politics and moneyed interests. Feelings and wishful thinking have become more important to society than data. We are regressing as a species and society, IMO. Soon, the second Dark ages.

It involves careful observation, applying rigorous skepticism about what is observed, given that cognitive assumptions can distort how one interprets the observation. It involves formulating hypotheses, via induction, based on such observations; experimental and measurement-based testing of deductions drawn from the hypotheses; and refinement (or elimination) of the hypotheses based on the experimental findings. These are principles of the scientific method

A scientific hypothesis must be falsifiable, implying that it is possible to identify a possible outcome of an experiment or observation that conflicts with predictions deduced from the hypothesis; otherwise, the hypothesis cannot be meaningfully tested.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

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