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I would like to see a tool that lists all modern scientific hypotheses and theories along with the published experiments that support or refute the theory/hypot
by aeternus 8y ago
I would like to see a tool that lists all modern scientific hypotheses and theories along with the published experiments that support or refute the theory/hypothesis. The theories should be linked to show what builds upon what. Wikipedia is probably the closest we have to this right now.
As science gets more complex, we either need to create a way for people to perform this bottom-up reasoning themselves, or we need to appeal to authority.
Appeal to authority is dangerous and anti-scientific. IMO, people are right to reject that.
- pdonis 8y agoI would love to see this too. Unfortunately, at present I don't know if we even have an institution that everyone would trust to provide this information in an impartial way. Also, there are still judgments involved even with this task as you describe it. How is it decided which experiments support or refute a given theory/hypothesis? How widely do we cast our net for what theories/hypotheses get included? Do we impose requirements on the experiments themselves, and if so, what?
- aeternus 8y agoIf I were designing it, I'd have the experimenters determine support / refute. In order to be included, they would have to have a clear write-up of the experimental setup, detailed results, etc. All theories could be included, the better the theory, the more confirming experiments it should have.