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WhatIsH2O4@lemmy.ml âš6â© âšmonthsâ© agoCounterpoint: the scientific method is much simpler than you described.
- Fuck around
- Find out
- Write it down
The rest are details of the above or elitism.
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WhatIsH2O4@lemmy.ml âš6â© âšmonthsâ© agoCounterpoint: the scientific method is much simpler than you described.
The rest are details of the above or elitism.
Fedizen@lemmy.world âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I think the sticking point is this: if people canât reproduce it then you missed writing down an important detail and therefore didnât finish step 3.
The elitism is thinking peer review suffices for reproducibility.
WhatIsH2O4@lemmy.ml âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I agree with you last point, and I really, really want to with the first.
Sometimes science feels more like an art, for chemistry at least. I suppose the counter-point to this is: if you provide sufficient detail to reproduce but your results are still difficult to reproduce reliably by others, then your process wasnât very robust and should have undergone more development before publishing. Those details may be so minor that you donât even realize that you overlooked something.
Fedizen@lemmy.world âš6â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I mean that makes sense. I guess it would be fairer to say that enough should be written down its still usable in tracking down what is missing.