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> And who decides whether a theory is “proved”? The tests passing or failing. And sure, the tests are designed by humans, but that's why there are controls, an
by proc0 5y ago
> And who decides whether a theory is “proved”?
The tests passing or failing. And sure, the tests are designed by humans, but that's why there are controls, and there is no limit on how many tests per hypothesis. Each test can improve on the previous one, every time removing more and more of the bias, if needed.
- godelski 5y ago> The tests passing or failing. This is what I'm calling consensus btw. Because in science we don't just trust the experiments of a single person or group. They present it, we say "wow that's cool. Let me try to poke holes in it" and then a bunch of people do that and we gain strong evidence that that person was correct.