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Thread #147391   Message #3433722
Posted By: GUEST,sciencegeek
09-Nov-12 - 12:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: Alternative to Science??
Subject: RE: BS: Alternative to Science??
one thing that we learn early on when designing experiments is that you need to ask "good questions".

A good question is one that can be tested. The results of that testing will hopefully provide answers that support your hypothesis.

Or not... there is a joke among scientists - that they spend 4 years testing & developing their theory and then the next 40 defending it. That is a human failing, not related to scienctific investigation but rather to ossification of the thinking. The honest answer to most questions is "this is what we know now, and this is what we think it means".