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I did numerical simulations on black holes and the scientific method felt incredibly concrete to me. I was working on models that would be put to test by LIGO a
by grigjd3 8y ago
I did numerical simulations on black holes and the scientific method felt incredibly concrete to me. I was working on models that would be put to test by LIGO and further future GW detectors. Theory->prediction->test (in observation if not in lab). I don't know how much more concrete that gets.
- petermcneeley 8y agoYa this thought is common "In the deep waters of theoretical physics, the "problem" is that the scientific method gets to be a little abstract. A theory is falsifiable, in principle, but not in practice." but I dont know of an area where it applies. Even the vacuum energy (way beyond my academic level) is verified in experimentation with the Casimir effect.
- grigjd3 8y agoI think the sentiment might be driven by breathless and hollow pop-science like Michio Kaku books.