Isn’t that what science is? Putting forth a hypothesis. Conducting experiments and the. Collecting and collating data to prove the theory or not. It can be done.
This is not t just throw sh*t against the wall and see if it sticks.
Glad you mentioned that.
There’s a wonderful piece on the front page of today’s New York Times that explains the scientific method to those who are not really familiar with it but possibly think they are.
The article explains what sometimes is conflicting advice and confusing language for the layperson. It is a little masterpiece.
Science doesn’t involve or bear any resemblance to what is happening here on Free Republic, which is that all the politically motivated cuckoo ideas (read China) are thrown against the wall and we watch to see the valiant levelheaded try to explain why the ideas are meaningless at best and murderous at their worse.
To the non-scientific-minded, scientific statements and proofs can sound empty, bodiless, unsensational, simply because they are the only statements that can honestly be made by scientists. Sometimes the only thing that can be said, as with the use of ivermectin for covid in humans, is “We don’t have any reliable data on that at this time.” Booo, from the cheap seats, but it’s all that can properly, ethically be said.
Science is a harsh discipline. Emotion and politics MUST be thrown out the window. The purity of the data in and out is, or should be, the only motivation.
“This is not t just throw sh*t against the wall and see if it sticks,” says Joe Biden. (“C’mon, man!”)