• 97xBang@feddit.online
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      12 hours ago

      Yeah, I’m being silly.

      Isn’t a counterexample just one datum? Even though its only one case, it’s still science.

      FTFM

      • oo1@lemmings.world
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        8 hours ago

        Science requires systematic observation, measurement and usually variation (often experimentally controlled); and, usually, iterations.

        One datapoint outside such a system is not science.

        You can’t even necessarily just insert a new datapoint into a pre-existing scientific sytem. The system itself may need to be adjusted, for example to test and account for biases that often occur due to how observations are made.

      • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
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        12 hours ago

        Not to my mind, science requires a testable hypothesis and evidence. I would argue that merely refuting someone else’s hypothesis without providing a new one doesn’t meet the bar of doing science.