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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by Eisenstein on Thursday December 19, 2024 @03:38PM (#42465490)
> "While elements of the scientific method existed in ancient times, the modern scientific method is generally attributed to Sir Francis Bacon who outlined it in his 1620 treatise "Novum Organum,"

Which specific aspect of that work was responsible for humans being better able to solve complex problems after its development which could not have been solved before it, if the same access to materials and resources were available?

> Authoritarian economies tend to be too rigid to experiment and develop new things.

The German regime during the years between 1930 and 1945 is generally understood to have been highly authoritarian and was responsible for some very famous technological breakthroughs in fields such as rocketry and aviation.

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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by WalterBright on Thursday December 19, 2024 @04:52PM (#42466072)
> Which specific aspect of that work was responsible for humans being better able to solve complex problems after its development which could not have been solved before it, if the same access to materials and resources were available?

It sounds like you don't know what the scientific method is?

> The German regime

Yes, it was. And I wrote "tend to be" not "absolutely 100%".

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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by Eisenstein on Thursday December 19, 2024 @07:04PM (#42467067)
> It sounds like you don't know what the scientific method is?

I take from that response that you just assume that the scientific method was important but don't know why. I will posit that is because it wasn't as important as you assume.

> tend to be

What number of exceptions would there need to be before you accepted that the entire premise was wrong?

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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by WalterBright on Thursday December 19, 2024 @10:40PM (#42468076)
I conclude you are just being argumentative.
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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by Eisenstein on Friday December 20, 2024 @03:05PM (#42474490)
How did you tell the difference between being right while facing an obstinate opponent, and being argumentative?
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