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Re:Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone by maaku on Friday April 29, 2016 @05:26PM (#11598878)
Everything is "scientific" so long as it is subjected to unbiased skeptical experimental evaluation. That's all it means to be "scientific."
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Re:Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone by bigfudge on Saturday April 30, 2016 @04:54PM (#11603535)
Science needn't mean experiments. Just ask astronomers.
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Re:Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone by MacsHeadroom on Sunday May 01, 2016 @10:38AM (#11606341)
Hypothesizing then observing or reviewing past observations to verify the hypothesis is a form of experimentation. Every revelation of astronomy has been the result of experiments.
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