23 APR 2012 by ideonexus Fact Can Impede the Progress of Science
Because they are the first-known, and taint the understanding of later facts discovered.
Folksonomies: facts,theory,hypothesis
16 FEB 2012 by ideonexus Copernicus' Hypothesis
That the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Folksonomies: history,science,hypothesis
31 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Beauty of Newton's Hypothesis
Is that it worked, produced measurable results and predictions, and it didn't matter that what gravity is remained a mystery.
Folksonomies: gravity,hypothesis
31 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Dangerous Zealot
Chesterson describes the "theorist who starts with a false theory" and sees everything as supporting it as the most dangerous enemy of human reason. Sounds like religious believers.
Folksonomies: religion,empiricism,hypothesis
30 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses
By maintaining many hypotheses, the scientist does not fall in love with one over the others and fall into the trap of confirmation bias.
Folksonomies: hypothesis,confirmation bias
28 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Robert Boyle's Definition of a Good Hypothesis
A list of traits for good hypotheses and a list for excellent hypotheses.
Folksonomies: hypothesis
13 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Hypothesis is a Tool for Finding New Facts
It is used to think up new experiments, things to try. Armed with the hypothesis of Evolution, the naturalist has insights into what to look for in fossils and nature.
Folksonomies: experiment,hypothesis,imagination,tools
13 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Everyone Believes and Experiment Except the Experimentor
Because the experimentor knows all the ways the experiment could have gone wrong. Conversely, no one believes and hypothesis except its originator.
Folksonomies: experiment,hypothesis,public,acceptance
04 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Alexander Graham Bell's Hypothesis
That the timbre of a sound may be transmitted across a wire without loosing strength.
Folksonomies: invention,hypothesis
28 AUG 2011 by ideonexus Karl Popper's Conclusions About Good Theories
Summarized by the criteria of falsifiability, or refutability, or testability.
Folksonomies: science,theory,characteristics,hypothesis,good science