• 97xBang@feddit.online
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    15 hours ago

    Isn’t a counterexample just da tomb? Even though its only won case-a-dilla, it’s still le sahyênçe.

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        14 hours ago

        Yeah, I’m being silly.

        Isn’t a counterexample just one datum? Even though its only one case, it’s still science.

        FTFM

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          10 hours ago

          Science requires systematic observation, measurement and usually variation (often experimentally controlled); and, usually, iterations.

          One datapoint outside such a system is not science.

          You can’t even necessarily just insert a new datapoint into a pre-existing scientific sytem. The system itself may need to be adjusted, for example to test and account for biases that often occur due to how observations are made.

        • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
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          14 hours ago

          Not to my mind, science requires a testable hypothesis and evidence. I would argue that merely refuting someone else’s hypothesis without providing a new one doesn’t meet the bar of doing science.