• @seanziepples
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    444 months ago

    If you science in a lab and no one is around to review it did you make a science?

    • @frostmore
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      4 months ago

      well it still goes back to the original arguement that it has to be published and reproducible.

      else it would be forgotten and re-discovered again at a later stage.

      some scientific discoveries of the mordern era were actually discovered by earlier ancient people before mordern science started recording such discoveries.

      • @pathief
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        44 months ago

        Does it have to be a new discovery to qualify as “science”?

    • @lepinkainen
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      104 months ago

      The difference between science and fucking around is writing it down - Adam Savage

      • @xenoclast
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        34 months ago

        The second, implied part, is that writing it down is for OTHER people to learn from.

        So, although I hate the eletist gatekeeping language… I think I agree more with the professional scientist than I do the professional clown.

      • @Fedizen
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        24 months ago

        Corollary: If it can’t be reproduced you’ve failed to write down something critical.

      • @Zehzin
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        4 months ago

        That is to say: it’s fucking around and, if you’re good at it, finding out.