That’s not what I’m talking about. As you note, the scientific method does not even attempt to deal with bad faith. It attempts to deal, imperfectly, with the myriad of stupid things a perfectly normal human being in good faith inevitably does. It is not required for people to consciously falsify data for science to come up with false conclusions. Science aspires to be objective, but it is not. It’s just somewhat more objective than we can be without it.
The scientific method looks the way it does because it reflects the needs of human intellect and psychology. It is just one formulation and another species, or even another culture would no doubt come up with another.
It is not required for people to consciously falsify data for science to come up with false conclusions.
This is true, but even if it unintentionally falsifies data, other discoveries with correct data will reveal that this other data is wrong, so this theory will be put under question, to see if it holds water. If it doesn’t, than that theory is rejected.
That is what science does, it corrects itself if new more correct data is presented, thus striving for perfection.
The idea is to know everything about everything. This is of corse the goal, which is practically unachievable.
That’s not what I’m talking about. As you note, the scientific method does not even attempt to deal with bad faith. It attempts to deal, imperfectly, with the myriad of stupid things a perfectly normal human being in good faith inevitably does. It is not required for people to consciously falsify data for science to come up with false conclusions. Science aspires to be objective, but it is not. It’s just somewhat more objective than we can be without it.
The scientific method looks the way it does because it reflects the needs of human intellect and psychology. It is just one formulation and another species, or even another culture would no doubt come up with another.
This is true, but even if it unintentionally falsifies data, other discoveries with correct data will reveal that this other data is wrong, so this theory will be put under question, to see if it holds water. If it doesn’t, than that theory is rejected.
That is what science does, it corrects itself if new more correct data is presented, thus striving for perfection.
The idea is to know everything about everything. This is of corse the goal, which is practically unachievable.