A little rant about what science really is.I mean whats the definition of science.
I'd like to state a beautiful definition of science or scientific method that come from a very famous physicist called Richard Feynman.
well I recommend you read his books.He was a brilliant teacher , brilliant lecturer and a nobel prize winning Physicist, and he gave this lecture, I think it was v=back in the 1960s.Just a one minute definition of what scientific method is.
I'd like to state a beautiful definition of science or scientific method that come from a very famous physicist called Richard Feynman.
well I recommend you read his books.He was a brilliant teacher , brilliant lecturer and a nobel prize winning Physicist, and he gave this lecture, I think it was v=back in the 1960s.Just a one minute definition of what scientific method is.
so we'll look into how we come up with a law? well first we guess it! (yes laughing is okay!)then we compute the consequences of the guess, see what would it imply.Then we compare results with the experiment.Comparing directly with observation to see if it works.
if it disagrees with the Experiment its WRONG!
it doesnt make any difference how beautiful your guess is ,It doesnt make any difference how smart you are who made the guess or what your name is. If it disagrees with the experiment WRONG! .Thats all it is to it.
(Richard Feynman)
now thats a beautiful definition of what science is, It really is the application of common sense.
what it is, is looking at the universe , looking at nature, guessing about how it works , what consequences of that guess are then testing it against the nature and thats the beauty of science , it doesnt matter who you are , there's no such thing as 'authority' in science.
If your guess disagrees with the nature its wrong.
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