Discovery is an ongoing process, as is refinement of models, hypotheses and theories.
It’s called the scientific method.
If anyone knows of a better approach, I’d sure like to see it laid out.
Discovery is an ongoing process, as is refinement of models, hypotheses and theories.
It’s called the scientific method.
If anyone knows of a better approach, I’d sure like to see it laid out.
Francis Bacon did a great job of formalizing it.
Too bad “hypothesis/test/revision” has been taken over by “narrative/confirmation bias/witch hunt”.
The best approach is the Bible.
The only "scientific method" some people will ever accept, is an assembly of scriptures from orally passed on stories with a time line based on Hebrew lineage. This lineage, composed of men who were reputed to have lived several hundreds of years, is all some people will accept for a documented human time period, never mind our telemeres, chromosomes and DNA evidence to the contrary. All else is believed to be foolishness, and no amount of evidence will ever persuade them otherwise.