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a similar thing happens with folks when debugging. They assume something, and test their assumption and can happily declare victory. Instead, they should be tes
by sethammons 7y ago
a similar thing happens with folks when debugging. They assume something, and test their assumption and can happily declare victory. Instead, they should be testing _against_ their assumptions to prove their theory wrong.
- msla 7y ago> Instead, they should be testing _against_ their assumptions to prove their theory wrong. I think this mindset should be taught explicitly starting in grade school. If you have an idea, think how you'd disprove it, and test it. If you can't think of how you'd disprove it, that's a strike against the idea. If you can't test it, that should at least make you suspicious.
- gowld 7y agoIn theory, that's the scientific method, but aomehwt we've evolving this weird grade school science project "scientificky" method in it's place.