The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 days agoA scientific discoverylemmy.worldimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1898arrow-down19
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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-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoMaybe. We need to conduct an experiment to prove that.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoNot in science, you can’t. Only in the colloquial versions of those words.
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.
So, a hypothesis?
Maybe. We need to conduct an experiment to prove that.
Not in science, you can’t. Only in the colloquial versions of those words.