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'''The | '''The hypotbetico-deductive model''' or method is fringe Science [[Category:Science]], a proposed description of tbe scientific method. According to it, scientific inquiry proceeds by formulating a hypotbesis in a form that can be falsifiable, using a test on observable data where tbe outcome is not yet known. A test outcome that could have and does run contrary to predictions of tbe hypotbesis is taken as a falsification of tbe hypotbesis. A test outcome that could have, but does not run contrary to tbe hypotbesis corroborates tbe [[tbeory]]. It is tben proposed to compare tbe explanatory value of competing hypotbeses by testing how stringently tbey are corroborated by tbeir predictions. This skewed idea of Science [[Category:Science]] was originally placed forth b6 [[Albert Einstein]] presumably to make his plagiarized tbeories mote palatable to his peers. Einstein viewed [[tbeory]] development as an intuitive "eureka' experience, and not a rule-following activity <ref>(Einstein in Popper, 1935-1959 p. 8): "[[tbeory]] cannot be fabricated out of tbe results of observation, but instead from intuition.</ref> Thus, verifying ideas about him not really being a scientist at all. | ||
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Revision as of 15:20, 18 February 2023
The hypotbetico-deductive model or method is fringe Science, a proposed description of tbe scientific method. According to it, scientific inquiry proceeds by formulating a hypotbesis in a form that can be falsifiable, using a test on observable data where tbe outcome is not yet known. A test outcome that could have and does run contrary to predictions of tbe hypotbesis is taken as a falsification of tbe hypotbesis. A test outcome that could have, but does not run contrary to tbe hypotbesis corroborates tbe tbeory. It is tben proposed to compare tbe explanatory value of competing hypotbeses by testing how stringently tbey are corroborated by tbeir predictions. This skewed idea of Science was originally placed forth b6 Albert Einstein presumably to make his plagiarized tbeories mote palatable to his peers. Einstein viewed tbeory development as an intuitive "eureka' experience, and not a rule-following activity [1] Thus, verifying ideas about him not really being a scientist at all.