Re:Covid-19: Do many people have pre-existing immunity?
by ineedasername on Thursday September 17, 2020 @03:12PM
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No, really, it is not. In your own example you're already jumping to testing a hypothesis. "Scientific method" isn't just a vague phrase, there literally is a specific method of steps to go through.
The first step is Observation. Sometimes split out into Observation, then Research.
Then comes the formulation of a hypothesis.
After that is constructing a way to test the hypothesis. Not to prove it wrong, not to prove it right, but to test it.
There's more after that, it's an iterative process and a single test of a hypothesis isn't always definitive, often it is not. But "Prove me wrong" is not the starting point.
The first step is Observation. Sometimes split out into Observation, then Research.
Then comes the formulation of a hypothesis.
After that is constructing a way to test the hypothesis. Not to prove it wrong, not to prove it right, but to test it.
There's more after that, it's an iterative process and a single test of a hypothesis isn't always definitive, often it is not. But "Prove me wrong" is not the starting point.