The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 days agoA scientific discoverylemmy.worldimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1898arrow-down19
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minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up63arrow-down1·9 days agoYes, and in that exact order.
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-29 days agoWouldn’t the hypothesis be first, then tested via experiment, then after a significant amount of peer review finally confirmed as a theory?
minus-squareRinox@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·8 days agoYou can have a theory that is not corroborated by an empirical experiment.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoNot in science, you can’t. Only in the colloquial versions of those words.
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoMaybe. We need to conduct an experiment to prove that.
Hypothesis, theory, or experiment?
Yes, and in that exact order.
Wouldn’t the hypothesis be first, then tested via experiment, then after a significant amount of peer review finally confirmed as a theory?
You can have a theory that is not corroborated by an empirical experiment.
Not in science, you can’t. Only in the colloquial versions of those words.
So, a hypothesis?
Maybe. We need to conduct an experiment to prove that.