Thread: Seriousness In science we Trust.
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Old 10-19-2010, 03:28 AM   #74
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Experimental results which don't match what you expected are what lead to advances in science.
While I think that's true, it seems to me that it runs counter to the 'scientific method' that scientists like to promote - where existing knowledge is used to uncover further knowledge.
Here, existing knowledge is overturned, and further knowledge is uncovered more by accident than design.
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