Scientific Method Debate

This cluster centers on debates about the definition, application, and limitations of the scientific method, including what qualifies as true science versus pseudoscience or non-scientific approaches.

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Kaze404 Oct 31, 2020 View on HN

It literally is science in any possible definition you can come up for the word. Your anecdotes don't really matter.

sambapa May 5, 2024 View on HN

That's not how science or scientific method work

lisper Apr 22, 2024 View on HN

Hard to say without knowing more specifically what you are referring to. This has been a very long thread. But maybe this;https://blog.rongarret.info/2024/04/three-myths-about-scient...will answer your question. See myth #3.

joquarky Apr 2, 2024 View on HN

It seems like you're trying to apply science outside of its domain. Science is a tool to examine only phenomena that can be repeated and quantified.

diydsp Oct 8, 2018 View on HN

this is overly constraining the meaning of science to the process of deduction. science includes observation and exploration.

vinceguidry Aug 2, 2020 View on HN

You're making a common mistake, that of equating "scientific" with "good". Science is a particular method for learning about the world, not a marker of moral worth. I don't want to get too far into the epistemological weeds here, but there are plenty of other, perfectly valid ways to understand the world, many of which are used and studied in academia. The easiest examples to point to are philosophy and mathematics. Mathematicians are not scientists, neither are phi

hackermom Nov 26, 2011 View on HN

The scientific approach isn't always the best... or even a valid approach.

strogonoff May 12, 2024 View on HN

Sorry, what’s less focused, scientific method or “actual science”?

shadilay Jul 20, 2021 View on HN

Science is a (flawed) process, not a source of truth. Glass houses and all.

throwaway8581 May 17, 2021 View on HN

Maybe it's you who doesn't understand the epistemology of science. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27185221