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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (336110)11/28/2009 12:24:18 PM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (2) of 793974
 
I think we should revisit all so-called science that is based on an agenda and return to the Scientific Method. That discipline requires that you start with a hypothesis and prove or disprove it with data.

Starting with a belief or faith is not a hypothesis, in my opinion. That's where we've gone wrong. There's too much conventional 'wisdom' out there, and not enough common sense.

Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning.[1] A scientific method consists of the collection of data through observation and experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses.[2]
Scientific method - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (28 November 2009)
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A hypothesis (from Greek ?p??es??; plural hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for an observable phenomenon. The term derives from the Greek, ?p?t????a? - hypotithenai meaning "to put under" or "to suppose." For a hypothesis to be put forward as a scientific hypothesis, the scientific method requires that one can test it. Scientists generally base scientific hypotheses on previous observations that cannot be satisfactorily explained with the available scientific theories. Even though the words "hypothesis" and "theory" are often used synonymously in common and informal usage, a scientific hypothesis is not the same as a scientific theory – although the difference is sometimes more one of degree than of principle.
Hypothesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (28 November 2009)
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