The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoA scientific discoverylemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1890arrow-down18
arrow-up1882arrow-down1imageA scientific discoverylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-22 months 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-up3arrow-down4·2 months agoYou can have a theory that is not corroborated by an empirical experiment.
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoMaybe. We need to conduct an experiment to prove that.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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.