Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r...
by Nursie on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @12:04PM
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--edit-- I can't help feeling we've wandered off-piste here.
The point I was trying to make is that the origin of a hypothesis is not really important, just that before it is accepted as true or false it is tested.
--edit-- this wasn't actually an edit so much as a reply. Oops!
Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r...
by crististm on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @01:05PM
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Yes, the origin of hypothesis is irrelevant.
I was using hypothesis origin only as a means to prove that scientific method does not apply to all things.
The point I was trying to make is that the origin of a hypothesis is not really important, just that before it is accepted as true or false it is tested.
--edit-- this wasn't actually an edit so much as a reply. Oops!