Scientific method has not been great even from the days of Newton. Honestly, I don't think any scientists even are able to imagine what the correct scientific process is.
We all know scientists will report only findings that satisfy their sponsors.
I tend to agree that the scientific method has been co-opted by corruption since perhaps Newton's time. But most definitely it's been absolutely corrupted since the time of Edison!
Science is like a peer to peer network in search of knowledge, and scientists are the nodes. As long as majority of the nodes understand, care about and apply scientific process with passion, this network can never be corrupted.
The fact that the academic world has been gamed, though, proves that majority of the scientists and academicians - even if they understood the scientific process - just never cared enough to apply it consistently.
The correct scientific method is observation and replication. If you observe a phenomenon, and can use your theory to predict all stages of said phenomenon and/or replicate it, then you're on to something. We are imperfect, as individuals, and so we must collaborate to obtain ever-higher levels of understanding, as one single human isn't capable of understanding it all, alone. We must allow ourselves to trust one another, to build knowledge that is beyond ourselves. But for that to work, for said trust to work, we must adhere to it, literally, religiously. God made the Truth part of his armor for a reason: a collective of God fearing men will unlock more secrets of the universe than a thousand generations of heathens. Our problem is we correlate "science" with godlessness, not realizing that both concepts are not mutually exclusive.
Scientific method has not been great even from the days of Newton. Honestly, I don't think any scientists even are able to imagine what the correct scientific process is.
Fair point.
We all know scientists will report only findings that satisfy their sponsors.
I tend to agree that the scientific method has been co-opted by corruption since perhaps Newton's time. But most definitely it's been absolutely corrupted since the time of Edison!
What. Yes, they can. The gaming of the academic world tho, you're right, is pretty awful
I know, it sounds scandalous right?
Science is like a peer to peer network in search of knowledge, and scientists are the nodes. As long as majority of the nodes understand, care about and apply scientific process with passion, this network can never be corrupted.
The fact that the academic world has been gamed, though, proves that majority of the scientists and academicians - even if they understood the scientific process - just never cared enough to apply it consistently.
The correct scientific method is observation and replication. If you observe a phenomenon, and can use your theory to predict all stages of said phenomenon and/or replicate it, then you're on to something. We are imperfect, as individuals, and so we must collaborate to obtain ever-higher levels of understanding, as one single human isn't capable of understanding it all, alone. We must allow ourselves to trust one another, to build knowledge that is beyond ourselves. But for that to work, for said trust to work, we must adhere to it, literally, religiously. God made the Truth part of his armor for a reason: a collective of God fearing men will unlock more secrets of the universe than a thousand generations of heathens. Our problem is we correlate "science" with godlessness, not realizing that both concepts are not mutually exclusive.