Comment on Why is science better than the alternative? (And what is that alternative, exactly?)
Nemo@midwest.social 1 year ago
It’s better because it’s self-consistent and yields better results.
The alternative is observation followed by inference. But inference can be wrong, no matter how good the observations it’s based on.
Repeatable tests, published results, and consistent methodology are what separates the scientific method from the observe-infer-pronounce method that dominated natural philosophy beforehand.
froghorse@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Better for what, exactly?