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Good experiments are those whose results are surprising, because these are the ones we're learning from. How much worth is an experiment teaching us what we alr
by vog 17y ago
Good experiments are those whose results are surprising, because these are the ones we're learning from. How much worth is an experiment teaching us what we already know? In that sense, good science is unintuitive by definition.
However, since this great stuff taught in school, the once surprising results don't surprise anymore. The next generation is grown up with it, so is develops a direct feeling for it. Science seems to be intuitive. But that's only the old results. Newer results are still surprising, at least to that generation. And the generations thereafter will have their moments of surprise, too.
That's progress.