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To: Reaganesque
Reverse Scientific Method:

1)Draw your conclucion.

2)Select data,no matter how flawed,to support you conclusion.

3)Discard any data,no matter how valid,which does not.

8 posted on 02/05/2007 12:14:28 PM PST by Minnesoootan
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To: Minnesoootan

16 posted on 02/05/2007 12:38:36 PM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: Minnesoootan

"Reverse Scientific Method:
1)Draw your conclucion.

2)Select data,no matter how flawed,to support you conclusion.

3)Discard any data,no matter how valid,which does not."

There are a number of scientific discoveries based on this approach. You might be surprised by that, but brilliant men knew what the principle should be and when the data didn't fit they found reasons why it didn't fit. So they didn't throw away good data, but bad data in order to get to the truth. Sometimes this method is needed to have progress, although before you publish the results you go back and redo the study the correct way.


17 posted on 02/05/2007 12:41:11 PM PST by Kirkwood
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To: Minnesoootan

There is a corollary activity that should also be noted:

4) Demonize and marginalize those in the field who disagree or contend with your "findings"...


22 posted on 02/05/2007 1:14:29 PM PST by mikrofon (Stop Gore-bal Whining)
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To: Minnesoootan

Interesting. You've just described what lawyers do.

I never thought about it this way before, but you could say that the global warming hysteria is what you get when you allow lawyers to pose as scientists.


28 posted on 02/05/2007 1:44:23 PM PST by 3niner (War is one game where the home team always loses.)
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