The problem is that every day your theory changes
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Observe the diagram at this link. “Mouse” over the elements, especially “testing ideas.” It’s instructive. Observations result in revised hypotheses. It’s rather elementary.
http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0_0_0/howscienceworks_02
Thank you for the instruction in the scientific method - as someone who earns their living that way, it was most useful!
Thank you. I thought everybody would know this is basic to genuine research. You gather information, make hypotheses, get more information, check your hypothesis, etc. It’s what first made me interested in Free Republic; I saw how people engaged with the information, looked up new information, and basically just PROCESSED things out loud so everybody could see.
If doing that REDUCES somebody’s credibility, then we’re in much worse shape than even *I* thought.
But I suspect that what we’re dealing with is somebody who is either paid to act like down is up, or somebody who doesn’t know up from down. Either way, life is too precious to waste time on such people so I just go right past his comments. Don’t feed the trolls (as I’m finally beginning to learn). But I am glad that you stated - for everybody to see - the basics of research, just in case anybody is becoming demoralized enough to believe that down is really up. Which is the purpose of the trolls we see here on FR.