| Pugchief |
10-04-2023 01:39 PM |
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Originally Posted by Windguy
(Post 2262512)
It’s obvious that most people have absolutely no idea how science works.
1) Someone comes up with an idea (called a hypothesis—not a theory).
2) The scientist runs some tests to see if the hypothesis is valid.
3) They write a paper documenting their idea and the results of the tests.
4) Other scientists try to reproduce the results.
5) If successful, the hypothesis is promoted to a theory.
6) Scientists continue to come up with more tests to help validate the theory. They are still testing Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity after more than a century. As far I know, the theory has never failed.
Unfortunately, the media seems to report this hypothesis at step 1–long before the idea is vetted by other scientists. That is not science. Remember cold fusion? The media reported this idea before step 4 and before independent scientists failed to reproduce the original results, so the idea of cold fusion was sent to the place where invalid hypotheses go to die.
Besides, my guess is that the so-called French “expert” is actually a policy wonk and not a scientist.
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That may be how science used to work, but now if you don't follow the approved narrative, your funding is cut. There is now extreme bias in "scientific" studies, so that the "result" is simply the pre-destined one. |
