Comment on A scientific discovery

• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Wouldn’t the hypothesis be first, then tested via experiment, then after a significant amount of peer review confirmation finally confirmed as a theory?

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  • Rinox@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You can have a theory that is not corroborated by an empirical experiment.

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    • Tja@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      So, a hypothesis?

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      • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Maybe. We need to conduct an experiment to prove that.

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    • LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Not in science, you can’t. Only in the colloquial versions of those words.

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    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Kinda depends on the context of the word theory. In non-scientific settings you’ll hear people say “I have a theory…” as in they have an idea or speculation.

      In a scientific context, a ‘theory’ is a pretty high standard that’s almost interchangeable with a ‘fact’.

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• SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’d be curious to know which of the team did the testing

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