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Recontextualizing the scientific method (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know it's not symmetrical, but personally, I would consider "test with experiment" part of the fuck around phase.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah that’s fair. Especially since in my experience, when so much of the experimentation process involves questions like “what if we raised the voltage?” or “can we fix it with duct tape?”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yep, experimentation is the essence of fucking around. But also finding out. Maybe I'm wrong here. Maybe it's somewhere in the middle.