• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    12 years ago

    Doing the same thing over and over with an expectation to see differing results is also science.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      72 years ago

      Actually when you create a hypothesis and test it and prove it out, it is meant to be 100% repeatable by anyone following the metgod. Otherwise your method or hypothesis is wrong.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        42 years ago

        Right, but the reason you run the experiment repeatedly is to test the validity of the hypothesis. You’re looking for something different to happen. That’s the point behind rerunning the tests.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          12 years ago

          Right, but if you find a difference you alter the method or hypothesis, to get repearbility. An insane person (not neccessarily crazy person, but one that doesn’t follow sane rationalizarion) will keep repeating exact same thing.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        2
        edit-2
        2 years ago

        But also if you keep running the compiler without changing any of the code hoping for the errors to be magically gone, you are insane. So there’s the same logic being applied to insanity in computer science